Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Eating Disorders in India

T.N.SRINIVASAN, T.R.SURESH, VASANTHA JAYARAM, M.PETER FERNANDEZ

Data on the nature and extent of major eating disorders, anorexia nervosa and bulimia is lacking in
non-white, native populations of the developing world, leaving a gap in understanding the determinants of these disorders. In a study on 210 medical students examined by a two-stage survey method, 31 subjects were found to liave distress relating to their eating habits and body size not amounting to criterion-based diagnosis of eating disorders. The characteristics of this eating distress syndrome are described in relation to the major eating disorder

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