Eating attitudes of Native American and white female adolescents: a comparison of BMI- and age-matched groups.
OBJECTIVE: To explore the differences in eating attitudes between groups of Native American and white female adolescents based on data derived from the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26). DESIGN: Selected data presented here were derived from a larger convenience sample of (2,000 students in grades 5-12...
| Publicado en: | Ethnicity & Health Vol. 9; no. 3; pp. 253 - 267 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Aug2004
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