Black Girls Remain Less Likely Than Whites To Develop Eating, Weight Disorders; Weight Concerns Rising Among Black, Hispanic Boys, Study Finds

Black teenage girls are less likely than their white counterparts to diet, take diet pills, purge or exercise excessively to lose weight, but black and Hispanic boys are more likely than white boys to use extreme weight-loss measures, according to a study published in the March issue of International Journal of Eating Disorders, Reuters Health reports.

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Filed under: Psychology on March 14th, 2008