Psychometric properties of the Malay version of the Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (DEBQ) in a sample of Malaysian adults attending a health care facility

Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 64-73

  Subramaniam, Kavitha ^a   Low, Wah Yun ^a   Chinna, Karuthan ^a   Chin, Kin Fah ^a   Krishnaswamy, Saroja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eating behaviour; Eating disorder; Obesity; Validity and reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027696640     PISSN: 1394195X     EISSN: 21804303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21315/mjms2017.24.4.8     Document Type: Article

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