Risk of disordered eating attitudes among adolescents in seven Arab countries by gender and obesity: A cross-cultural study

Appetite

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 162-167

  Musaiger, Abdulrahman O ^a   Al Mannai, Mariam ^a   Tayyem, Reema ^b   Al Lalla, Osama ^c   Ali, Essa Y A ^d   Kalam, Faiza ^e   Benhamed, Mofida M ^f   Saghir, Sabri ^g   Halahleh, Ismail ^h   Djoudi, Zahra ⁱ   Chirane, Manel ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

^b HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^c Qilu University of Technology   (United Arab Emirates)

^d Ministry of Education ^*  (Kuwait)

^e Dietetic Clinic   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^g HEBRON UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^h Makassed Hospital   (Palestine)

ⁱ NutriDar   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Arab; Eating attitudes; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGERIA; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; JORDAN; KUWAIT; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MALE; OBESITY; PALESTINE; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE EAST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EATING DISORDERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84868580479     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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