Imperial College London

DrFilipposFilippidis

Faculty of MedicineSchool of Public Health

Reader in Public Health
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 7142f.filippidis

 
 
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Location

 

310Reynolds BuildingCharing Cross Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Chin:2018:10.1186/s12889-018-5348-2,
author = {Chin, S and Laverty, A and Filippidis, F},
doi = {10.1186/s12889-018-5348-2},
journal = {BMC Public Health},
title = {Trends and correlates of unhealthy dieting behaviours among adolescents in the United States, 1999-2013},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5348-2},
volume = {18},
year = {2018}
}

RIS format (EndNote, RefMan)

TY  - JOUR
AB - The increase in adiposity problems among United States adolescents has been accompanied by persistently high prevalence of unhealthy dieting behaviours (UDBs) such as fasting, taking diet pills/powders/liquids, and vomiting/taking laxatives.This study aimed to examine the associationsofself-perceptions of weightstatus, weight change intentions (WCIs)and UDBswith sex, age and race, as well astrends of UDBs in American adolescents across the weight spectrum.
AU - Chin,S
AU - Laverty,A
AU - Filippidis,F
DO - 10.1186/s12889-018-5348-2
PY - 2018///
SN - 1471-2458
TI - Trends and correlates of unhealthy dieting behaviours among adolescents in the United States, 1999-2013
T2 - BMC Public Health
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5348-2
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/58092
VL - 18
ER -