title: Epidemiological study of problem eating behaviors and related attitudes in the general population.
abstract: This article presents data on the eating behaviors and related attitudes among a probability sample of 2,075 adults living in the southeastern United States. These following results were found: 45.2% felt guilty after eating, 44.2% thought they had a weight problem, 21.9% had been dieting in the past 2 months; 12.9% reported some lifetime binging, 1.2% admitted self-induced vomiting, and 7.9% said their life was often dominated by food-related conflicts. Females, blacks, and those in the middle and lower socioeconomic status percentiles tended to have higher problem rates than their counterparts.
authors.affiliation: University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Langer
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Warheit
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D002032:Bulimia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors