http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Diet-Girls-Magazines.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
"Teenage girls who frequently read magazine articles about dieting were
more likely five years later to practice extreme weight-loss measures
such as vomiting than girls who never read such articles..."
And my favorite portion of the article--
She [the study coauthor] said parents should carefully consider whether
they want their daughters reading about weight loss.
''It possibly would be helpful to teen girls if their mothers didn't
have those types of magazines around,'' van den Berg said. Parents also
should discuss magazines' messages with their daughters, she said.
''Talk to your kids about where these messages are coming from,'' she said.
Doctors' waiting rooms are no place for magazines promoting diet and
weight loss, she said, ''in the same way you don't have materials
promoting smoking in waiting rooms.''
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Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
USA
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