Weight-control behaviors among adolescent girls and boys: implications for dietary intake

To examine associations between healthful and unhealthful weight-control behaviors and dietary intake among adolescents. Cross-sectional survey (Project EAT [Eating Among Teens]). The study population included 4,144 middle and high school students from Minneapolis/St. Paul public schools from diverse racial and socioeconomic backgrounds. Dietary intake patterns were compared across adolescent girls and boys reporting unhealthful, only healthful, or no weight-control behaviors in unadjusted analyses and analyses adjusted for sociodemographic factors and energy intake. Among girls, mean intakes differed across weight-control behaviors for all foods and nutrients examined. P values ranged from P=.006 to P