Overweight, Weight Concerns, and Bulimic Behaviors Among Girls and Boys

To assess the prevalence rates and correlates of overweight, concern with weight, and bulimic behaviors. A survey was completed by a population-based sample of 16,114 boys and girls aged 9 to 14 years. Although fewer girls (19%) than boys (26%) were overweight, more girls (25% versus 22%) perceived...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1999-06, Vol.38 (6), p.754-760
Hauptverfasser:	FIELD, ALISON E., CAMARGO, CARLOS A., TAYLOR, C. BARR, BERKEY, CATHERINE S., FRAZIER, A. LINDSAY, GILLMAN, MATTHEW W., COLDITZ, GRAHAM A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult and adolescent clinical studies Biological and medical sciences Body Image Boys Bulimia Bulimia - epidemiology bulimic Child Child Development Cohort Studies Cross-Sectional Studies Eating behavior disorders Female females Girls Health Surveys Humans Male males Medical sciences Obesity Obesity - epidemiology overweight Prevalence Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Statistics as Topic United States - epidemiology Weight control
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Zusammenfassung:	To assess the prevalence rates and correlates of overweight, concern with weight, and bulimic behaviors. A survey was completed by a population-based sample of 16,114 boys and girls aged 9 to 14 years. Although fewer girls (19%) than boys (26%) were overweight, more girls (25% versus 22%) perceived themselves as overweight (p
ISSN:	0890-8567 1527-5418
DOI:	10.1097/00004583-199906000-00024