Eating disorder symptoms in a cohort of 11 to 16-year-old black and white girls: the NHLBI Growth and Health Study

Article Abstract:

Black girls may be at a lower risk than white girls of developing eating disorders in which pursuit of thinness is a key symptom, according to research designed to produce reference data for the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI) with use of young adolescent black and white girls. This research also investigated the links between age, race, adiposity and socioeconomic status and each of the eight EDI scales. White girls scored higher than black girls on Drive for Thinness, while black girls had much higher Bulimia scores than white girls.

Teenage girls

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Drive for thinness in black and white pre adolescent girls

Article Abstract:

A Study of 9-10 year-old girls shows that there is a remarkable drive for thinness among both African-American and white preadolescent girls which is most often directly related to actual body weight. The drive for thinness is slightly greater among black girls than white girls, but their obsession with being thin is often related to the real possibility of obesity and actual criticism about their weight. White girls are more likely to crave thinness because they are dissatisfied with their appearance. This drive for thinness was not directly related to actual eating practices at this age.

Health aspects, Leanness, Race

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Eating disturbance and body image: a comparison of a community sample of adult black and white women

Article Abstract:

Middle-aged adult black and white women have comparable levels of body dissatisfaction (BD) and eating disorder symptomatology. When the degree of overweight is controlled for, white women report higher rates of body dissatisfaction than black women. However, there is a significant level of body image dissatisfaction in both racial groups. Similar factors are accountable for BD, and overweight is related to increased rate of body dissatisfaction in both groups. Social pressure and attitudes toward fatness fail to significantly predict BD among the white and black women.

Research, Women, Demographic aspects, Surveys, Body image, Blacks

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