Eating Behaviours and Body Weight Concerns among Adolescent Girls
This paper presents a global review of research done on adolescent eating behaviours and food choices and the probable factors underlying it. Worldwide adolescent girls tend to develop moderate to high level of disordered eating behaviour as a result of their excessive concern with body weight or ob...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2014-01-01
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| Series: | Advances in Public Health |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/257396 |
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| Summary: | This paper presents a global review of research done on adolescent eating behaviours and food choices and the probable factors underlying it. Worldwide adolescent girls tend to develop moderate to high level of disordered eating behaviour as a result of their excessive concern with body weight or obsession with thinness. The objective of the review is to understand the concerns over body weight and the current eating patterns of adolescent girls in the developed and developing countries. |
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| ISSN: | 2356-6868 2314-7784 |