Eating attitudes and body image concerns among female university students in the United Arab Emirates

Appetite

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 595-598

  Thomas, Justin ^a   Khan, Salim ^a,b   Abdulrahman, Amani Ahmed ^a  

^a ZAYED UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arab; Arabian Gulf; Body image; Eating attitudes; Eating disorder; UAE

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; ATTITUDE; EATING; EATING DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; EATING; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; STUDENTS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953616892     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2010.02.008     Document Type: Article

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