title: The relationship between obesity, dieting and eating disorders.
abstract: Obesity is not only a major health problem in Western society. It is also a social and personal one. Staying on a diet demands constant self-control. Failure to stay on a diet causes stress to dieters. Unsuccessful dieting could be more harmful than not dieting at all.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ponto
mesh_terms: D004038:Diet, Reducing / Q000523:psychology*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*