Body image flexibility as a protective factor against disordered eating behavior for women with lower body mass index

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 336-341

  Hill, Mary L ^a   Masuda, Akihiko ^a   Latzman, Robert D ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; Body image flexibility; Body mass index; Disordered eating behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY DISSATISFACTION; BODY IMAGE; BODY IMAGE FLEXIBILITY; BODY MASS; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; PERSONAL APPEARANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT;

BODY DISSATISFACTION; BODY IMAGE FLEXIBILITY; BODY MASS INDEX; DISORDERED EATING BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880371279     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: 18737358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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