Patterns and prevalence of disordered eating and weight control behaviors in women ages 25-45

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Reba Harrelson, L ^a,b   Von Holle, A ^a   Hamer, R M ^a,c   Swann, R ^c   Reyes, M L ^a   Bulik, Cynthia M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dieting; Eating disorders; Ethnicity; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; EATING DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; PREVALENCE; RACE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHT CONTROL;

EID: 77949412533     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03325116     Document Type: Article

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