Perceived discrimination is associated with binge eating in a community sample of non-overweight, overweight, and obese adults

Obesity Facts

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 869-880

  Durso, Laura E ^a   Latner, Janet D ^b   Hayashi, Kentaro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Binge eating; Discrimination; Obesity; Weight bias internalization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; BODY DISSATISFACTION; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRIVE FOR THINNESS; EATING HABIT; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PERSONAL APPEARANCE; PROMAX ROTATION; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS; WEIGHT BIAS INTERNALIZATION SCALE;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; EATING DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PERCEPTION; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874304443     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000345931     Document Type: Article

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