Am I too fat? Bulimia as an epidemic.

DOI10.1016/j.jmp.2003.08.002zbMath1037.92019OpenAlexW2075328447MaRDI QIDQ1427262

D. Massart

Publication date: 14 March 2004

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Psychology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://hdl.handle.net/1813/32173

zbMATH Keywords

Dynamical systemsReproductive numberBulimia nervosaEating disordersPeer pressure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Application models in control theory (93C95) Medical applications (general) (92C50) Stability of solutions to ordinary differential equations (34D20)

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