Dieting among preadolescent and young adolescent females
Open Access
- 11 May 2004
- journal article
- Published by CMA Impact Inc. in CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association Journal
- Vol. 170 (10) , 1559-1561
- https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1031247
Abstract
WE EXAMINED THE PREVALENCE OF DIETING and negative eating attitudes among 2279 females (aged 10–14 years) in southern Ontario. Self-report questionnaires revealed that 29.3% of the girls were currently trying to lose weight and 10.5% had scores greater than the clinical threshold for disordered eating (Children9s version of the Eating Attitudes Test [ChEAT] score ≥ 20). Those with elevated ChEAT scores were more likely than those with lower scores to be engaged in dieting and other extreme weight control methods.Keywords
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