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Obesity Risk Factor
Socioeconomic status affects attitudes toward eating and weight
June 28th, 2004
Researchers report the socioeconomic variation in attitudes toward eating and weight in female adolescents in a recent issue of Health Psychology. According to published research from England, "This study was stimulated by Sobal and Stunkard's (1989) theory that differences in deliberate weight control could underlie the socioeconomic gradient in adult weight. Female adolescents (n=1,248) completed measures of socioeconomic status, social norms for weight, weight ideals, attitudes to weight, and weight control behaviors. " "Higher socioeconomic status adolescents had greater awareness of the social ideals of slimness and had more family and...
Source: Mental Health Weekly Digest (2004-06-28)
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