Is being underweight associated with impairments in quality of life in the absence of significant eating disorder pathology?

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Jenkins, P E ^a,b   Hoste, R R ^c   Conley, C S ^d   Meyer, C ^e   Blissett, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^e LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Eating disorders; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 79960156055     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327523     Document Type: Article

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