title: Eating disorders: lessons from a cross-cultural study.
abstract: Five hundred and eighty schoolgirls living in a small North Indian industrial town were screened using the EAT-26. Although twenty-nine per cent scored above the threshold for the questionnaire (greater than or equal to 20), closer scrutiny of the pattern of responses revealed misinterpretations of a large number of questions possibly on a conceptual basis. Linguistic and conceptual pitfalls inherent to cross-cultural epidemiological research are discussed with reference to previous work.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychiatry and Maudsley Hospital, London.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bhugra
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D004739:England; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D010555:Personality Inventory