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Weight Gain

Trying to Prevent Eating Disorders Potentially Dangerous

Published in Women's Health Weekly, March 15th, 2001

by Julie Crawshaw, staff medical writer -- Education aimed at preventing eating disorders in premenarchial adolescents may be dangerous, researchers in Australia say.

S. Abraham and colleagues at the University of Sydney studied 51 pre-and-postmenarchal girls. ("Body mass index, menarche, and perception of dieting among peripubertal adolescent females," International Journal of Eating Disorders, 2001;29(1):23-28.).

The Abraham team found that postmenarchial girls were much more likely to have higher body mass index (BMI) and to be able to clearly explain their reasons for dieting than their premenarchial classmates of the same age. ...

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