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Pantanizopoulos, JoAnn – ALAN Review, 1989
Highlights characteristics of most anorectic sufferers while describing three books on the topic. Offers an extended bibliography of several additional books about anorexia nervosa. (MG)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Anorexia Nervosa, Body Weight

Koenig, Linda J.; Wasserman, Erika L. – Sex Roles, 1995
Explored whether the links of depression, eating problems, and body image that apply to women also apply to men. A study of 234 male and female college students showed depression was higher in those with negative body image for both men and women. Depression accounted for significant variability in eating problems only in women. (GR)
Descriptors: Body Image, Body Weight, College Students, Comparative Analysis

Pirie, Phyllis L.; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1991
Smoking among young women is associated with a variety of negative health outcomes. Gender-specific influences on smoking, quitting, and attempting to quit were hypothesized and surveyed. More women than men currently smoke, but quitting attempts are equally common. Programs addressing issues of concern to young women smokers are needed. (AF)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Body Weight, Females, Health Behavior

Santucci, Patricia – PTA Today, 1991
Offers advice to parents of children with eating disorders, focusing on the warning signs of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Suggestions for parents who think their children have eating disorders are provided. Parents are encouraged to be positive role models and be sensitive to stress. (SM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Anorexia Nervosa, Body Weight, Bulimia

Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2005
Obesity stereotypes and anti fat attitudes influence the social behavior of middle school students according to a study presented last June at the annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). Using a series of questionnaires and fat and thin silhouette figures, the researchers quizzed 176 boys and 141 girls between the ages of…
Descriptors: Stereotypes, Social Behavior, Females, Obesity
Black, David R., Ed. – 1991
Eating disorders among athletes has become an important topic both nationally and internationally. This volume of empirically focused articles presents theory, issues, and the latest research in a concise form for a variety of audiences. The 11 chapters are: (1) "Eating Disorders among Athletes: Current Perspective" (D. R. Black); (2)…
Descriptors: Anorexia Nervosa, Athletes, Body Weight, Bulimia
McBride, Leslie – 1985
The current emphasis on thinness has had a negative impact on many women and girls who suffer from a negative body image, poor self-concept, and depression, three conditions that often manifest themselves behaviorally through chronic dieting, compulsive exercise, and eating disorders. Socio-cultural factors that have contributed to this emphasis…
Descriptors: Body Image, Body Weight, Cultural Influences, Females

Post, G.; Crowther, J. H. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1985
A discriminant function analysis identified variables that significantly differentiated bulimic (N=71) from nonbulimic (N=71) adolescent females within a high school setting. These variables included disturbed eating attitudes, negative perception of weight and body image, depressive symptomatology, and alcohol use. Implications for the etiology…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Body Image, Body Weight

Sasiene, Gwen Hagenbuch – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 1983
Research pertaining to female athletes' problems with secondary amenorrhea is reviewed. Studies point to stress, weight loss, anorexia nervosa, obesity, arduous athletic training, and age of onset of training as factors which may contribute to this disorder. (PP)
Descriptors: Athletes, Body Weight, Exercise Physiology, Females
Lynch, Annette Rutt; Stillman, Stephen M. – Journal of Physical Education and Recreation, 1979
An example of behavior modification used in athletic coaching is presented. The case study involves a member of a women's basketball team and details the use of behavior modification for both weight reduction and skill improvement. (JMF)
Descriptors: Athletes, Athletic Coaches, Athletics, Behavior Change

Brenner, David; Hinsdale, Gary – Adolescence, 1978
Body build stereotypes of average-weight and heavy females, ages 6, 15, and 19, were studied through adjective checklists and drawings of endomorphs, ectomorphs, and mesomorphs. Mesomorph drawings were favored and the endomorphs least liked. But heavy subjects rejected for themselves behavioral stereotypes previously applied to the endomorph…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Body Image, Body Weight, Females

Davidson, Denise; Thill, Azure Dee Welborn; Lash, Denise – Child Study Journal, 2002
This study examined the adult body shape preferences of 6- and 10-year-olds from the United States, Mainland China, and Turkey. Findings indicated that even the youngest children preferred thin, male and female figures and least preferred the very obese figures. Heavier female figures were chosen by Turkish children more than by other children.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Body Composition, Body Weight, Childhood Attitudes

McNamara, Kathleen – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1989
Behavioral and cognitive-behavioral group programs for weight control were effective among 32 college women in reducing weight and alleviating depressed mood, fear of negative evaluations, and social avoidance and distress. Addition of cognitive restructuring component failed to improve efficacy of behavioral weight control program even on…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Body Weight, Cognitive Restructuring, College Students

Megel, Mary Erickson; And Others – Health Values: The Journal of Health Behavior, Education & Promotion, 1994
The article reports a study that examined relationships between self-esteem, health promotion, nutrition, and weight among female college freshmen. Questionnaires completed by 57 female students indicated that high self-esteem positively related to the practice of healthy behaviors, good nutrition, and satisfaction with present weight. (SM)
Descriptors: Body Weight, College Freshmen, Dietetics, Eating Habits

Page, Randy M. – Child Study Journal, 1991
Addresses issue of whether underweight, normal-weight, and overweight adolescent females who maintain perception of being too fat differ with respect to loneliness, hopelessness, and shyness from each other and from those who do not think they are fat. Results indicate that underweight girls with perception of being too fat suffer significantly…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Body Image, Body Weight, Eating Habits