CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL ASPECTS OF EATING DISORDERS

Authors
BEMPORAD JR
Citation
Jr. Bemporad, CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL ASPECTS OF EATING DISORDERS, Theoretical medicine, 18(4), 1997, pp. 401-420
Citations number
46
Categorie Soggetti
Social Issues","Social Sciences, Biomedical
Journal title
Theoretical medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
01679902
Volume
18
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
401 - 420
Database
ISI
SICI code
0167-9902(1997)18:4<401:CAHAOE>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
A review of cultural and historical accounts of anorexia nervosa indic ates that this disorder is found primarily in Westernized societies du ring periods of relative affluence and greater social opportunities fo r women. Some hypotheses regarding the vulnerability to eating disorde rs are proposed to the basis of these data.