Eating problems in female Japanese high school students: a prevalence study

Article Abstract:

The prevalence of eating problems among 2,685 female students at three high schools in Fukushima, Japan, is at the bottom of the range of between 5% and 22% reported in adolescent female populations in Europe and North America on the basis of Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) scores. Some 5.4% of the subjects had a total EAT-26 score equal to or more than 20. Distorted body image was found to be the most significant factor independently linked with eating problems.

Teenage girls, Food and nutrition

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Prevalence of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa in a geographically defined area in Japan

Article Abstract:

Issues are presented concerning the influence of transient phenomena, ethnic or cultural differences on the lower incidence of bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa in Japanese women than in European Caucasian women.

Europe, Japan, Bulimia, Anorexia nervosa

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Body image in boys: a review of the literature

Article Abstract:

A review of the available literature on the often ignored issue of body image in boys suggests that future studies on this phenomenon should distinguish between the indices of fat and muscle.

Boys

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