Weight control in young college women: Who are the dieters?

Grunewald, Rebecca

doi:10.1016/s0002-8223(21)03820-7

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“…Most high school girls report a desire to lose weight, whereas many boys report a desire to gain weight (Huenemann, Shapiro, Hampton, & Mitchell, 1966). Female college students constitute another population in which dieting is extremely prevalent, with approximately 50%–61% of college women reporting current dieting behaviors (Arrington, Bonner, & Stitt, 1985; Frank, Serdula, & Adame, 1991; Grunewald, 1985; Kirkley & Burge, 1989).…”

Section: Prevalence Of Dietingmentioning

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“…Weight status is strongly related to reported dieting (Frank et al, 1991; Grunewald, 1985; Jeffery, Adlis, & Forster, 1991; Jeffery, Folsom, et al, 1984; Stephenson et al, 1987; Stewart & Brook, 1983). National data show that 63% of overweight women and 47% of overweight men are trying to lose weight, in comparison with 47% and 20% of normal-weight women and men (Stephenson et al, 1987).…”

Section: Prevalence Of Dietingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Estimates of weight loss behaviors among college students reveal that the rates of using caloric restriction and exercise to control weight are comparable to the rates reported by adults. Approximately 47%–71% of college women and 41% of men report eating less or following low-calorie diets to control their weight (Arrington et al, 1985; Grunewald, 1985; Klesges, Mizes, & Klesges, 1987). Nineteen percent of college women report exercising to control their weight (Arrington et al, 1985).…”

Section: Prevalence Of Weight Loss Behaviorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Consequences of dieting to lose weight: Effects on physical and mental health.

French¹,

Jeffery²

1994

Health Psychology

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Concern has been raised that negative physiological and psychological effects of dieting may outweigh aesthetic and health benefits. This review of the literature concludes the following: (a) The measurement of dieting is an important unresolved issue; (b) current dieting, chronic dieting, desire to lose weight, specific weight control behaviors, and weight changes may have different effects on health and need to be distinguished; (c) dieting is usually not associated with nutritional deficiencies, adverse physiologic adaptations, severe psychological reactions, or the development of eating disorders; and (d) recommendations against weight loss efforts involving moderate changes in eating and exercise habits are not warranted.

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Section: Prevalence Of Dietingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Prevalence Of Weight Loss Behaviorsmentioning

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Consequences of dieting to lose weight: Effects on physical and mental health.

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Jeffery²

1994

Health Psychology

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198

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Body Poly-texts: Discourses of the Anorexic Body

Malson

Ussher

1996

J. Community. Appl. Soc. Psychol.

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It is now increasingly acknowledged that anorexia nervosa is a 'culture-bound syndrome' which must be understood within the context of an increasing idealization of female thinness and a high prevalence of dieting and body dissatisfaction, particularly amongst women and girls. Whilst this socioculturally-oriented perspective is important, it is also simplistic to conceptualize anorexia simply as a 'slimmer's disease'. The ways in which contemporary Western culture is imbricated in anorexia are both complex and multiple. This paper uses a discourse-analytic approach, informed by feminist Foucauldian theory, to examine some of the multiple and often conflicting meanings and discursive constructions of the (female) anorexic body. The paper is based on a series of interviews conducted with 23 women (21 diagnosed as anorexic and 2 self-diagnosed). The analysis focuses on the explication of two discourses: a romantic discourse and a discourse of Cartesian dualism evidenced in the interviews. By contrasting the very different ways in which these two discourses constitute the anorexic body, this paper aims to provide thereby a socioculturally contextualized and genderoriented account of the multiple discursive constructions of 'anorexia nervosa' and 'anorexic' bodies. Implications for psychotherapeutic interventions are discussed.

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Prepared for consumption: (dis)orders of eating and embodiment

Malson

Swann

1999

J. Community. Appl. Soc. Psychol.

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Weight control in young college women: Who are the dieters?

Cited by 21 publications

References 15 publications

Consequences of dieting to lose weight: Effects on physical and mental health.

Consequences of dieting to lose weight: Effects on physical and mental health.

Body Poly-texts: Discourses of the Anorexic Body

Prepared for consumption: (dis)orders of eating and embodiment

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