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Brown, Lora Beth; Larsen, Katrina J.; Nyland, Nora K.; Eggett, Dennis L. – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2013
Objective: Describe eating competence, a positive and flexible way of conceptualizing eating attitudes and behaviors, in students enrolled in an introductory nutrition course. Methods: Online completion of the Satter Eating Competence Inventory (ecSI) and self-assessment of eating disorder status by 557 students (343 ages 18-20 years and 180 ages…
Descriptors: Females, Eating Disorders, Statistical Analysis, Course Objectives
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Thomsen, Steven R.; Weber, Michelle M.; Brown, Lora Beth – Adolescence, 2002
This study examined the relationship between reading women's fashion magazines and the use of pathogenic dieting methods among 502 high school females. Reading these magazines does influence a female's decision to restrict calories or take diet pills. Further research is needed to examine factors that are antecedent to reading the magazines to…
Descriptors: Body Image, Body Weight, Drug Use, Eating Habits