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. 2004 May 11;170(10):1559-61.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.1031247.

Dieting among preadolescent and young adolescent females

Gail McVey  1 , Stacey Tweed, Elizabeth Blackmore
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Dieting among preadolescent and young adolescent females

Gail McVey et al. CMAJ. .

Abstract

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 > or = 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.

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