The Effect of Sorority Membership on Eating Disorders and Body Mass Index
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Keywords
obesity; underweight; BMI; sorority; anorexia; bulimia; eating disorders; weight control;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEM-2013-08-10 (Demographic Economics)
- NEP-HEA-2013-08-10 (Health Economics)
- NEP-SOC-2013-08-10 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
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