Research view
| Title: | Cultural factors in the eating disorders: a study of body shape preferences of Arab students. |
| Author: | Ford-KA; Dolan-BM; Evans-C |
| Abstract: |
A replication of an American study of body shape preference was conducted in a group of 218 Arab students attending the American University in Cairo, Egypt. Arab female students felt their ideal shape to be significantly thinner than their current shape,
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| Journal: | J-Psychosom-Res. 1990; 34(5): 501-7 |