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Anorexia Nervosa in Adolescents of Asian Extraction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

B. R. Bhadrinath
B. R. Bhadrinath*
Affiliation:
Department of Child and Family Consultation, 118 Maidstone Road, Chatham, Kent ME4 6DL
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Abstract

Case reports of anorexia nervosa in subjects of Asian (Indian subcontinental) extraction have been rare. Three Asian adolescents with anorexia nervosa are described, one of whom is male. The impact of the Muslim festival of Ramadan is described in the two Muslim cases. There is a need for better understanding of attitudes towards body shape and food within the subculture.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 156 , Issue 4 , April 1990 , pp. 565 - 568
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990 

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