Weight control behaviors among overweight, normal weight and underweight adolescents in Palestine: Findings from the national study of Palestinian schoolchildren (HBSC-WBG2004)

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 326-336

  Al Sabbah, Haleama ^a,b   Vereecken, Carine ^a   Abdeen, Ziad ^b   Kelly, Colette ^c   Ojala, Kristiina ^d   Németh, Ágnes ^e   Ahluwalia, Namanjeet ^f   Maes, Lea ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^e National Institute of Child Health   (Hungary)

^f INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Overweight; Palestinian; Underweight; Weight control

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PALESTINE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; UNDERWEIGHT; WEIGHT CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ARABS; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, REDUCING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; OVERWEIGHT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS;

EID: 77951567238     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20698     Document Type: Article

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