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Eating Disorders: Lessons from a Cross-cultural Study

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Journal Psychol Med
Specialty Psychology
Date 1989 Nov 1
PMID 2594890
Citations 24
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Abstract

Five hundred and eighty schoolgirls living in a small North Indian industrial town were screened using the EAT-26. Although twenty-nine per cent scored above the threshold for the questionnaire (greater than or equal to 20), closer scrutiny of the pattern of responses revealed misinterpretations of a large number of questions possibly on a conceptual basis. Linguistic and conceptual pitfalls inherent to cross-cultural epidemiological research are discussed with reference to previous work.

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