Eating and weight control behaviors among middle school girls in relationship to body weight and ethnicity.
This study examined the links among body mass index (BMI), weight control practices, binge eating, and eating disorders in 1164 middle school girls. Both the prevalence and frequency of weight control behaviors increased as BMI increased, but binge eating was reported approximately equally by girls across the BMI spectrum.
Shisslak
Catherine M
CM
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona 85719, USA. cms@u.arizona.edu
Mays
Mary Z
MZ
Crago
Marjorie
M
Jirsak
Jan K
JK
Taitano
Keolani
K
Cagno
Colleen
C
D000293:Adolescent; D044383:Black People; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004038:Diet, Reducing; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D050177:Overweight; D015995:Prevalence; D015431:Weight Loss; D044465:White People