Eating attitudes in an adolescent schoolgirl population.
One thousand five hundred and fourteen Auckland school girls in the age range 13 to 17 were given an eating attitudes test. Fourteen percent of this large population produced a score on that test of greater than 30 which has been claimed to be indicative of potential eating disorder. We view this incidence with alarm and make commentary on the social process of coupling the thin feminine body ideal with success.
D000293:Adolescent; D004435:Eating; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology