Prevalence of orthorexia nervosa among Turkish performance artists

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-37

  Aksoydan, Emine ^a   Camci, N ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ballet dancers; Body mass index; Eating disorders; Opera singers; Orthorexia nervosa; Symphony orchestra musicians

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOREXIA NERVOSA; PERFORMING ARTIST; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; DANCING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH FOOD; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL CLASS; VOICE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; DANCING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH FOOD; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROLE; SOCIAL CLASS; TURKEY; VOICE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549168664     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327792     Document Type: Article

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