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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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj-art-b921479a8e8c481b86ee4de7901231742025-02-03T01:06:56ZengWileyAdvances in Public Health2356-68682314-77842014-01-01201410.1155/2014/257396257396Eating Behaviours and Body Weight Concerns among Adolescent GirlsNadira Mallick0Subha Ray1Susmita Mukhopadhyay2 Department of Anthropology, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700 019, India Department of Anthropology, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700 019, IndiaBiological Anthropology Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, 203 B.T. Road, Kolkata 108, IndiaThis 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/257396 |
| spellingShingle | Nadira Mallick Subha Ray Susmita Mukhopadhyay Eating Behaviours and Body Weight Concerns among Adolescent Girls Advances in Public Health |
| title | Eating Behaviours and Body Weight Concerns among Adolescent Girls |
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| title_short | Eating Behaviours and Body Weight Concerns among Adolescent Girls |
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