Dis/orders of weight control: Bulimic and/or 'healthy weight' practices

Critical Bodies: Representations, Identities and Practices of Weight and Body Management

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 139-154

  Burns, Maree ^a   Gavey, Nicola ^b  

^a Eating Difficulties Education Network   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 85006642263     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230591141     Document Type: Chapter

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