This research investigated the prevalence of bulimia and binge eating in 363 adolescent girls in the ninth through twelfth grade (% age = 16.0 years). Substantial proportions of these girls reported episodes of binge eating (46.0%) and acknowledged the use of self-induced vomiting (1 1.2%), laxative
Prevalence of binge-eating and bulimia among adolescent women in Japan
โ Scribed by Nobuo Kiriike; Toshihiko Nagata; Misono Tanaka; Shinichi Nishiwaki; Nobue Takeuchi; Yukio Kawakita
- Book ID
- 119095011
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 449 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0165-1781
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