Assessing the prevalence of and factors associated with overweight, obesity, and binge eating as a function of ethnicity

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 209-219

  Reslan, Summar ^a   Saules, Karen K ^a  

^a EMU Psychology Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Arab American; Binge eating; College students; Ethnicity; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARAB AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BINGE EATING DISORDER; CAUCASIAN; COLLEGE STUDENT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; RACE; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BODY IMAGE; BULIMIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BODY IMAGE; BULIMIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891914700     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40519-013-0022-2     Document Type: Article

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