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Prevalence of eating disorders: a comparison of Western and non-Western countries.

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2004

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Mariko Makino, Koji Tsuboi, Lorraine Dennerstein
PubMed

Abstract

The prevalence of eating disorders in non-Western countries is lower than that of the Western countries but appears to be increasing.

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