Disordered eating and body image issues and their associated factors among adolescents in urban secondary schools in Sarawak, Malaysia

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Cheah, Whye Lian ^a   Hazmi, Helmy ^a   Chang, Ching Thon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anthropometric measurement; EAT 26; Eating disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING ATTITUDE TEST 26; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAY (PEOPLE); MALAYSIA; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; STUDENT SATISFACTION; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SCHOOL; SEX RATIO; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGY, ADOLESCENT; SCHOOLS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STUDENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84989958609     PISSN: 03340139     EISSN: 21910278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ijamh-2015-0044     Document Type: Article

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