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Direct linkThorlton, Janet; Park, Chang; Hughes, Tonda – Journal of School Nursing, 2014
About 35% of healthy weight adolescent females describe themselves as overweight, and 66% report planning to lose weight. Body weight dissatisfaction is associated with unhealthy weight loss practices including diet pill/powder/liquid (PPL) use. Few studies have examined diet PPL use in healthy weight adolescent females; therefore, Youth Risk…
Descriptors: Dietetics, Body Weight, Females, Adolescents
