Abnormal eating attitudes and weight-loss behaviour of adolescent girls attending a “traditional” Jewish high school in Johannesburg, South Africa
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2014;27(4) S Afr J Clin Nutr Visser J, BSc Dietetics, M Nutrition; Senior Lecturer Division of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University; Tygerberg Academic Hospital Notelovitz T, MBBCh, MNutrition; Private Practice Division of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University Szabo CP, MBBCh, FCPsych, MMed, PhD, MSc(Med), Professor and Head Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Fredericks N,1 BSc(Dietetics), MSc(Nutrition Management) Division of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University; Chief Dietitian, Tygerberg Hospital Correspondence to: Janicke Visser, e-mail: [email protected]
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