Eating disturbances among adolescent schoolgirls in Jordan

Appetite

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 196-201

  Mousa, Tamara Yousef ^a   Al Domi, Hayder Abdullah ^a   Mashal, Rima Hussein ^a   Jibril, Musa Abdel Khaleq ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Adolescent schoolgirls; Eating disorders; Jordan

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY BUILD; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; EATING HABIT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JORDAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PEER PRESSURE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EATING DISORDERS; FAMILY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; JORDAN; PREVALENCE; PUBERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 74449083818     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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