Differences in the association between childhood trauma and BMI in black and white South African women

Julia H. Goedecke; Jared Forbes; Dan Joseph Stein

doi:10.4314/ajpsy.v16i3.27

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Ethnicity alters the association between childhood sexual abuse and BMI status. Larger studies are required to verify this finding, including measures of body image and body size satisfaction that may explain these findings.

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