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Critical comments concerning shape and weight: associations with eating psychopathology among full-time dance students

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    Huw Goodwin, Jon Arcelus, Sarah Marshall, Sophie Wicks & Caroline Meyer

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Goodwin, H., Arcelus, J., Marshall, S. et al. Critical comments concerning shape and weight: associations with eating psychopathology among full-time dance students. Eat Weight Disord 19, 115–118 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-013-0075-2

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