Eating attitudes, sociodemographic factors and body shape evaluation in adolescence

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ID9618658
AuthorsJosep Toro (Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, corresponding author), Josefina Castro (0000-0001-7847-3826, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona), Marta Garcia (0000-0001-9702-8912), Marta García Giral (0000-0002-0060-0415, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona), Pau Perez, P G S Perez (Hospital Clínic de Barcelona), Lidia Cuesta (Hospital Clínic de Barcelona)
Year1989
Volume62
Issue1
Pages61-70
Publication date1989-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Medical Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-1129 • E-ISSN: 2056-5194
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.2044-8341.1989.tb02811.x
PMID2706199
OpenAlexW1994718934
LanguageEN
Citations received7

The Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) and another questionnaire aimed at sociodemographic and body shape information were administered to an adolescent population of 1554 students from Barcelona in the 12–19 age group. The highest scores on EAT were obtained by girls, older adolescents, overweight adolescents, adolescents practising restrictive diets, adolescents considering themselves obese and those wishing to modify their body size. The same characteristics were associated with EAT scores higher than 30 (the cut‐off score, established by the authors of the questionnaire, above which the anorexic population is placed). Results are analysed in terms of sociocultural pressures on adolescents, particularly females, who are subjected to the ‘culture of slenderness’

Developmental psychology · Disordered eating · Eating Attitudes Test · Eating behavior · Eating disorders · Environmental health · Obesity · Overweight · Population · Sociocultural evolution · Test (biology) · Clinical Psychology · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Health and Lifestyle Studies · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology · Gerontology

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