U of M study identifies risk factors of disordered eating in overweight youth
Thursday, July 30, 2009 - 10:21
in Psychology & Sociology
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (July 29, 2009) ?University of Minnesota Project Eating Among Teens (EAT) researchers have identified factors that may increase overweight adolescents' risk of engaging in extreme weight control behaviors such as self-induced vomiting, the use of diet pills, laxatives, and diuretics, as well as binge eating.