“…Body image disturbances are among the main clinical features in the development and maintenance of eating disorders (e.g., Bruch, 1962;Gleaves & Eberenz, 1993;Maganto & Cruz, 2002;Striegel-Moore et al, 2004;Vanardo, Williamson, & Netemeyer, 1995), and are among the diagnosis criteria for both anorexia and bulimia nervosa (American Psychiatric Association, 1994). As stated by Rosen (1990, p. 190), body image disturbances are essentially what distinguish eating disorders from other psychological conditions that occasionally involve eating abnormalities and weight loss, and their involvement in the prognosis of the disorder has been proved (Skrzypek, Wehmeier, & Remschmidt, 2001).…”