Being Overweight and Developing an Eating Disorder in the Czech Republic
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- multicultural series
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Eating Disorders
- Vol. 3 (1) , 20-27
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10640269508249142
Abstract
Since 1991 the “slimming industry” has grown rapidly in the Czech Republic. A survey among participants in a nationwide health education program (“Losing weight in a reasonable way”) showed that an alarmingly high number of women are using dangerous methods to lose weight. A study among female university students revealed similar unhealthy practices related to the highly prevalent desire to be slimmer. The findings point to the difficult question: What kind of health education is helpful to prevent overweight without increasing the risk for the development of eating disorders?Keywords
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