WE EXAMINED THE PREVALENCE OF DIETING and negative eating attitudes among 2279
females (aged 10–14 years) in southern Ontario. Self-report questionnaires revealed that …

Objective The study objectives were to assess (1) the prevalence of dieting and disordered
eating among adolescents;(2) the sociodemographic, anthropometric, psychosocial, and …

Background: Disordered eating attitudes and behaviours are common in older teens and
young women in Western countries. Recent evidence suggests that the prevalence of these …

Objective The purpose of this brief report is to document the emergence of dieting in
adolescent girls across a 2‐year period, and to establish whether the changes in dieting …

Many studies document the high prevalence of dieting and abnormal eating behaviors in
adolescents and young adults. The age of onset of eating disorders remains unclear …

Objective To examine the extent to which the prevalence of self‐reported dieting and the
wish to be thinner changed in 7–15‐year‐old girls over a 3‐year period, and to explore …

Background. Dissatisfaction with body weight and the use of unhealthy weight reduction
practices have been reported among adolescent females. There is a need for …

Purpose To identify personal and socioenvironmental factors associated with the
persistence of dieting or disordered eating from adolescence to young adulthood and factors …

PURPOSE: To examine correlates of dieting behavior in overweight and non-overweight
youth. METHODS: Data came from Project EAT (Eating Among Teens), a study of eating and …

OBJECTIVE. To assess whether weight-related teasing predicts the development of binge
eating, unhealthy weight control behaviors, and frequent dieting among male and female …