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Download full textWhite, Jama Leigh – 1991
The literature regarding the relationship between sexual abuse and eating disorders was reviewed. Overall, women with anorexia and bulimia seem to have similar to slightly higher incidences of childhood sexual abuse than has the general population. At the same times, rates of abuse among eating disordered women, including those who experienced…
Descriptors: Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia, Child Abuse, Eating Habits
