Nutrition knowledge in young women with eating disorders in Australia and Singapore: A pilot study

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1178-1184

  Soh, Nerissa Li Wey ^a   Touyz, Stephen W ^b,c   Dobbins, Timothy A ^d   Surgenor, Lois J ^e   Clarke, Simon ^f,g   Kohn, Michael R ^f,g   Lee, Ee Lian ^h   Leow, Vincent ⁱ   Rieger, Elizabeth ^j   Ung, Ken Eng Khean ^k   Walter, Garry ^a,b  

^a New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Peter Beumont Centre for Eating Disorders   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^f WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g University of Sydney   (Australia)

^h SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

ⁱ Private Practice   (Australia)

^j AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^k Adam Road Hospital   (Singapore)

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Author keywords

Australia; Cross cultural study; Eating disorders; Nutrition knowledge; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EATING DISORDER; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITION; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 72749086093     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048670903279846     Document Type: Article

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