Eating Disorders of White American, Racial and Ethnic Minority American, and International Women
Journal of Multicultural Counseling and DevelopmentPublished 1 July 1993
Lisë Leigh Osvold, Gargi Roysircar Sodowsky
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Abstract
Eating attitudes and behaviors related to anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and obesity of White American, African‐American, Native American, and some international women are considered from the point of view of cultural influences such as sex role, the media, socioeconomic class, and acculturation to Western society.
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