Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 67-73 , July 2010

Friends' Dieting and Disordered Eating Behaviors Among Adolescents Five Years Later: Findings From Project EAT

  • Marla E. Eisenberg, Sc.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Marla E. Eisenberg, Sc.D., M.P.H., Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, 717 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414.
    • ,
  • Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, Ph.D., R.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Received 9 June 2009 ,Accepted 30 December 2009.

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PII: S1054-139X(10)00016-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.12.030

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 67-73 , July 2010

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