The prevalence of bulimia in a black college population

Gray, James J.; Ford, Kathryn; Kelly, Lily M.

doi:10.1002/1098-108x(198711)6:6<733::aid-eat2260060606>3.0.co;2-u

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“…That abnormal eating attitudes are highly prevalent among suburban females is in keeping with several other studies published in the pediatric and adolescent medicine literature showing that large numbers of adolescents are unhappy with their weight and involved in chronic dieting (Moore, 1988;Moses, Banilivy, & Lifshitz, 1989;Maloney, McGuire, Daniels, & Specker, 1989;Casper & Offer, 1990;Story et al, 1991;Paxton et al, 1991;Koff & Rierdan, 1991). That these abnormal attitudes are less prevalent among urban adolescents adds to the findings of previous studies that have shown fewer abnormalities in eating attitudes and behaviors among black female college students compared with their white counterparts (Gray, Ford, & Kelly, 1987;Abrams, Allen, & Gray, 1992). However, the finding that 15% of minority high school females achieved a high score on the EAT, compared with 17.5% of suburban females, implies that concerns with weight and dieting may be increasing in the black and Hispanic adolescent populations.…”

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Eating attitudes in urban and suburban adolescents

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Pastore

Schneider

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Int. J. Eat. Disord.

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We administered the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT), Rosenberg Self‐Esteem Scale, and Spielberger Trait Anxiety Inventory to two populations of high school students. The first group, 268 suburban females (mean age 16.2 years), completed their questionnaires in May 1988. The second population, 389 females and 281 males (mean age 16.0 years) in a city school with 92% black or Hispanic students, completed their questionnaires in February 1990 and were also measured for height and weight as part of a health screening. Scores of 21 or higher on the EAT‐26 were achieved by 17.5% of the suburban females, 15.0% of the urban females, and 6.0% of the urban males. Significantly more suburban females (63%) considered themselves overweight, compared with both urban females (35%) and males (19%), yet only 14% of suburban females were calculated to be >10% over ideal body weight, compared with 45% of urban females and 39% of urban males. Contrary to expectations, self‐esteem was higher and anxiety lower in the urban students than the suburban students; self‐esteem and anxiety were each significantly correlated with higher EAT scores in both populations, but believing oneself overweight was correlated with higher EAT scores in only the suburban students. These data indicate that abnormal eating attitudes are present among both urban and suburban students but with important differences in their manifestations and implications. © 1994 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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Eating attitudes in urban and suburban adolescents

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Pastore

Schneider

et al. 1994

Int. J. Eat. Disord.

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“…The results showed that levels of variability were comparable in the Asian and white families, for ratings of the perfect female body and all values, apart from beliefs in a non-traditional role for women. The results showed that there was signi®cantly more concordance within the Asian families for this variable than within the white families (F [1,39] 14.21, P`0.01).…”

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“…The results showed that Asian and white families were comparable in terms of their total belief for the importance of physical appearance, but were different in terms of the importance placed on achievement (F [1,39] The results showed that Asian families placed greater importance on all these values, apart from a nontraditional role for women, compared to white families.…”

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“…Several studies report that eating disorders, body dissatisfaction and dieting behaviour are more common amongst whites. For example, higher rates of such behaviours have been found in white women when compared to black andaor Asian women, in terms of bulimic behaviours, 1 generalised disordered eating 2,3 and body dissatisfaction and eating concerns. 4,5 However, in direct contrast, other studies report the reverse relationship between ethnicity and weight concern.…”

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Explaining the effect of ethnic group on weight concern: finding a role for family values

Ogden

Chanana

1998

Int J Obes

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OBJECTIVE: To examine the impact of ethnic group on aspects of weight concern and to assess the role of family values in explaining this association. SUBJECTS AND MEASURES: 20 Asian and 20 white daughters gave a questionnaire to their mother, father and sibling closest in age, concerning their pro®le characteristics (age, education) values and beliefs and completed a matched questionnaire containing additional measures of aspects of their weight concern. RESULTS: The results showed no differences between the white and Asian daughters in terms of either their restrained eating or body dissatisfaction. However, the results showed consistent differences between the members of the two family groups in terms of the value placed on achievement, childaparent relationships, competition, the role of women, and some differences in terms of materialism, the value of appearance and their idea of the perfect female body. The results were then analysed to assess the best predictors of the daughter's weight concern. Whereas restrained eating was related to the mother's rating of the value of physical appearance and the sibling's ratings of competitiveness and a non-traditional role for women (40% of the variance), the results showed that body dissatisfaction was related to the daughter's rating of materialism, having a father who preferred a thinner female body, the siblings ratings of a non-traditional role for women, degree of concordance within the family concerning the value of competitiveness and the educational level of the`head of the family' (49% of variance). CONCLUSION: Whereas a dichotomous model of ethnicity may be insuf®cient to explain differences in aspects of weight concern, an expanded model of cultural beliefs may be a more powerful construct. Accordingly, the absence or presence of differences in weight concern according to ethnic group may simply re¯ect the extent to which the different groups chosen for analysis are differentiated by these predictive values.

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“…Additionally, although black women may binge eat and may diet to manage their weight (Gray et al, 1987), they are not likely to engage in the extreme weight-loss behaviors that constitute an eating disorder, such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa.…”

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Disordered eating attitudes and behaviors, psychological adjustment, and ethnic identity: A comparison of black and white female college students

Abrams

Allen

Gray

1993

Int. J. Eat. Disord.

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The low prevalence of restrictive eating disorders among black women has been attributed primarily to cultural differences in the definition of beauty. Utilizing self‐report measures, this study examined differences in the nature of disordered eating behaviors for black and for white female college students. Analyses of covariance and correlational tests revealed that white females demonstrated significantly greater disordered eating attitudes and behaviors than black females. Additionally, the data indicated that although disordered eating behaviors and attitudes are related to actual weight problems for black females, this is not the case for white females. Furthermore, this study is the first to provide evidence that restrictive eating disorders among black women are related to the degree to which they assimilate to mainstream culture. Finally disordered eating behaviors and attitudes were related to depression, anxiety, and low self‐esteem in both groups. © 1993 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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The prevalence of bulimia in a black college population

Cited by 155 publications

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Eating attitudes in urban and suburban adolescents

Eating attitudes in urban and suburban adolescents

Explaining the effect of ethnic group on weight concern: finding a role for family values

Disordered eating attitudes and behaviors, psychological adjustment, and ethnic identity: A comparison of black and white female college students

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