Risk of eating disorders among University students in Bangladesh

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 93-100

  Pengpid, Supa ^a,b   Peltzer, Karl ^a,b,c   Ahsan, Gias Uddin ^d  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^c HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d NORTH SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; EAT 26; eating attitudes; eating behavior; university students

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BANGLADESH; BINGE DRINKING; BODY BUILD; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUKE UNIVERSITY RELIGION INDEX; EATING ATTITUDES TEST 26; EATING DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; UNDERWEIGHT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; DEPRESSION; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; OVERWEIGHT; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STUDENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922998435     PISSN: 03340139     EISSN: 21910278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ijamh-2014-0013     Document Type: Article

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