Epidemiology and risk factors of eating disorder in adolescence; a review;La epidemiología y los factores de riesgo de los trastornos alimentarios en la adolescencia; una revisión

Nutricion Hospitalaria

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 391-401

  de Portela Santana, M L ^a   da Costa Ribeiro, H ^b   Mora Giral, M ^c   Raich, R M ^c  

^a Escuela de Nutrición   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anorexia nervosa; Bulimia nervosa; Epidemiology; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANOREXIA; BULIMIA; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; ANOREXIA; BULIMIA; CULTURE; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84858729526     PISSN: 02121611     EISSN: 16995198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3305/nh.2012.27.2.5573     Document Type: Review

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