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Eating Disorder
Common eating pathology patterns encompass most ethnic groups
May 13th, 2004
Common eating pathology patterns encompass most ethnic groups. According to a study from the United States, "sociocultural models of eating pathology posit that ethnic minority groups should show fewer eating disturbances than whites. Thus, the authors tested whether there were ethnic differences in eating disorder symptoms and risk factors for eating pathology and whether the relations between risk factors and eating pathology differed across ethnic groups, with data from adolescent and adult females (n=785). "Only 1 of the 14 tests of main effect differences between ethnic groups was significant and none of the 49 tests of whether ethnicity...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2004-05-13)
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