Once concentrated among adolescent Caucasian females in high-income Western
countries, today, eating disorders (EDs) are truly global. Building upon previous work …

The authors explore the extent to which eating disorders, specifically anorexia nervosa (AN)
and bulimia nervosa (BN), represent culture-bound syndromes and discuss implications for …

Eating disorders, especially anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa have been classically
described in young females in Western population. Recent research shows that they are …

Objective To examine disordered eating and its psychological correlates among female high
school students in three Chinese communities that lay on a gradient of socioeconomic …

Based on Ritenbaugh's 1982 definition, this essay reconsiders the status of anorexia
nervosa as a Western culture-bound syndrome (CBS). It argues that anorexia nervosa, in its …

Endorsements play an important role in marketing communications. For international
marketing communications, marketers must be cognizant of how the portrayal of body ideals …

Extreme forms of self-starvation can be traced across time and place, and may be construed
using a variety of explanatory models. Curiously, the prevailing biomedical definition of …

There is increasing evidence that eating disorders are present among ethnically diverse
populations, and researchers have suggested that investigations in this area may inform the …

Orthorexia Nervosa (ON) is a term describing a fixation on food purity, involving ritualized
eating patterns and a rigid avoidance of “unhealthy foods.” Those self-identified as having …

Anorexia nervosa and related eating disorders are rare in non-western cultures. In India the
information regarding these disorders is very limited. The authors dsecribe five cases of …