Belief and behavior aspects of the EAT-26: The case of schoolgirls in belize

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 623-638

  Anderson Fye, Eileen P ^a   Lin, Jielu ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

26 item version; Behavior; Belief; Belizean schoolgirls; Eating Attitudes Test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BELIZE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BELIZE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 70350337927     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: 1573076X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11013-009-9154-2     Document Type: Article

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