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Dieting, binge eating, and some of their correlates among secondary school girls
Author(s) -
Huon Gail F.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/1098-108x(199403)15:2<159::aid-eat2260150207>3.0.co;2-2
Subject(s) - dieting , binge eating , psychology , developmental psychology , disordered eating , clinical psychology , eating disorders , obesity , medicine , weight loss , endocrinology
A total of 440 girls from three private schools in Sydney completed a self‐report questionnaire that asked about their body‐ and weight‐related attitudes and practices, and assessed their reactions to the phenomenology of binge eating. The findings emphasize the integral relationship between dieting and disordered eating. Those who wanted to lose at least 7 kg, and were dieting most of the time, were more likely to be categorized as having a “severe” binge eating problem than were those who were happy with their weight and were “never” or “rarely” dieting. © 1994 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.