Eating and weight problems among women attending their general practitioner.

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One hundred and fifty-seven women between the ages of 16 and 40, attending their general practitioners, were given a self-report questionnaire containing standard instruments measuring weight concerns and eating attitudes and behaviours. The majority (72%) of women wanted to weigh less, 46% were dissatisfied with their body shape, 48% dieted at least sometimes with 24% usually or always dieting, and 21% wanted help with their eating or weight problems. Increasing disparity between actual weight and desired weight was associated with higher scores on the eating problem scales.

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Wells, S., Wells, J. E., McKenzie, J. M., & Hornblow, A. R. (1986). Eating and weight problems among women attending their general practitioner. The New Zealand Medical Journal, 99(809), 671–673.

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