Prevalence of orthorexia among medical students in Erzurum, Turkey

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-54

  Fidan, Tulin ^a   Ertekin, Vildan ^a   Işikay, Sedat ^a   Kirpinar, Ismet ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Eating disorder; Orthorexia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; OBSESSION; OTHOREXIA; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIET; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TURKEY;

EID: 70449635977     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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