RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Dieting among preadolescent and young adolescent females
JF Canadian Medical Association Journal
JO CMAJ
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP 1559
OP 1561
DO 10.1503/cmaj.1031247
VO 170
IS 10
A1 Gail McVey
A1 Stacey Tweed
A1 Elizabeth Blackmore
YR 2004
UL http://www.cmaj.ca/content/170/10/1559.abstract
AB 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 29.3% of the girls were currently trying to lose weight and 10.5% had scores greater than the clinical threshold for disordered eating (Children's version of the Eating Attitudes Test [ChEAT] score ≥ 20). Those with elevated ChEAT scores were more likely than those with lower scores to be engaged in dieting and other extreme weight control methods.