The role of Asian culture in the development of eating disorders in Asian women

• Main Authors: Pek, Cheryl Xin Yi, Lee, Xin Ping
• Other Authors: Xu Hong
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2023
• Subjects: Social sciences::Psychology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165698
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Eating disorders (EDs) have been documented with one of the highest mortality rates. To date, existing research conducted on eating disorders has been primarily focused on White, Caucasian women, limiting its findings and implications to specific populations. Considering how culture is an unavoidabl...