Ethnic differences in eating attitudes, body image and self-esteem among adolescent females living in urban South Africa

African Journal of Psychiatry (South Africa)

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 468-474

  Gitau, Tabither M ^a   Micklesfield, Lisa K ^a   Pettifor, John M ^a   Norris, Shane A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Body image; Eating attitudes; Ethnicity; Girls; Self esteem; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ESTEEM; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84895485856     PISSN: 19948220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4172/1994-8220.1000101     Document Type: Article

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