Disordered eating attitudes: An emerging health problem among Mediterranean adolescents

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 126-133

  Yannakoulia, M ^a   Matalas, A L ^a   Yiannakouris, N ^a   Papoutsakis, C ^a   Passos, M ^a   Klimis Zacas, D ^b  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Dietary intake; EAT 26; Eating attitudes; Eating behavior; Greece

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; EATING DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; EATING DISORDERS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 6944233870     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03325056     Document Type: Article

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