Sexual orientation and disordered eating behaviors among self-identified male and female college students

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 441-444

  Matthews Ewald, Molly R ^a   Zullig, Keith J ^b   Ward, Rose Marie ^c  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eating behaviors; Minority health; Young adult

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC TRAINING STUDENT; BINGE DRINKING; BISEXUALITY; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIET; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE; HOMOSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; MINORITY HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; STRESS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANOREXIA; BULIMIA; FEMALE BY SEXUAL ORIENTATION; FRATERNITY; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; MALE; MALE BY SEXUAL ORIENTATION; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL MINORITY; SMOKING; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SORORITY; TRAINING; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; LESBIANISM; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BISEXUALITY; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902593095     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: 18737358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2014.05.002     Document Type: Article

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