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Reflections on prevention in dieting-induced disorders

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Literature has recognized the prevalence of eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa as a social problem in the 1970s. Thus, writers have started a campaign for its prevention, which was primarily centered at the discouragement of dieting as they consider this the primary factor inducing eating disorders. However, their efforts did not pay off as dieting became a normative activity among adolescents.

Prevention, Anorexia nervosa

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Eating-related thought suppression in high and low disinhibitors

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Research into the impact of the efforts by high and low disinhibitors to suppress thoughts about food and eating is presented. It was found that high disinhibitors were more successful than low disinhibitors at suppressing such thoughts. In the nonsuppression condition, high disinhibitors had substantially more thoughts than low disinhibitors.

Psychological aspects

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Exposure to westernization and dieting: a cross-cultural study

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Research examining the influence of westernization over the dietary habits of Chinese women living in Australia is presented. It is emphasized that westernization is a dietary predictor beyond immediate predictors such as social environment and body mass index.

Health aspects, Australia, Women, Surveys, Women's health, Diet, Chinese (Asian people), Diet therapy, Overseas Chinese, Chinese in Australia

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