{"id":3077,"date":"2007-01-03T04:25:42","date_gmt":"2007-01-03T11:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/01\/03\/study-articles-about-dieting-linked-to-unhealthy-behavior-in-teen-girls\/"},"modified":"2007-01-03T04:25:42","modified_gmt":"2007-01-03T11:25:42","slug":"study-articles-about-dieting-linked-to-unhealthy-behavior-in-teen-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=3077","title":{"rendered":"Study: Articles About Dieting Linked To Unhealthy Behavior In Teen Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"

An AP article<\/a> reports on a new study, published in this month’s Pediatrics<\/em>. The study found that teen girls who “frequently read magazine articles about dieting” five years ago, are two to three times more likely to use means such as fasting, laxatives, induced vomiting and cigarette smoking to lose weight, compared to girls who don’t read such articles as often.<\/p>\n

It didn’t seem to matter whether the girls were overweight when they started reading about weight loss, nor whether they considered their weight important. After taking those factors into account, researchers still found reading articles about dieting predicted later unhealthy weight loss behavior.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

44% of girls reported reading such articles, compared to 14% of boys. The study didn’t find any effects of the articles on boys.<\/p>\n

There’s a sort of “duh!” response to articles like this – I mean, of course girls who read lots of articles about weight loss are more likely to be sticking fingers down their throats or fasting or whatever. What’s surprising to me is that no such effect was found among boys, since I’ve read several articles suggesting that boys are becoming more body-conscious and fat-phobic.<\/p>\n

So here’s a thought: If we can ban trans fats in restaurants to protect health, can we also ban diet articles from teen girl magazines to protect health?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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