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| Year : 1995 | Volume
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Eating Disorders in India
TN Srinivasan1, TR Suresh2, Vasantha Jayaram2, M Peter Fernandez3
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Porur, Madras 600 116, India
2 Tutor, Department of Psychiatry, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Porur, Madras 600 116, India
3 Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Porur, Madras 600 116, India
Correspondence Address:
T N Srinivasan
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Porur, Madras 600 116
India
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PMID: 21743711 
Data on the nature and extent of major eating disorders, anorexia nervosa and bulimia is lacking in non-white, native populations of the developing world, leaving a gap in understanding the determinants of these disorders. In a study on 210 medical students examined by a two-stage survey method, 31 subjects were found to have distress relating to their eating habits and body size not amounting to criterion-based diagnosis of eating disorders. The characteristics of this eating distress syndrome are described in relation to the major eating disorders.
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