Association between excessive body fat and eating-disorder risk in adolescents: The AFINOS Study

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 136, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 620-622

  Veses, Ana Maria ^a   Martínez Gómez, David ^a,b   Gómez Martínez, Sonia ^a   Zapatera, Belén ^a   Veiga, Óscar Luis ^b   Marcos, Ascensión ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anthropometry; Eating disorders; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79955946507     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: 15788989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2010.09.042     Document Type: Article

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