Media Influences on Body Size Estimation in Anorexia and Bulimia
The British Journal of PsychiatryPublished 1 June 1993
Kate Hamilton, Glenn Waller
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Eating-disordered women overestimate their body sizes substantially more than comparison women, and they overestimated more when they had seen the pictures of women than when they saw photographs of neutral objects.
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Anorexic and bulimic women overestimate their body sizes substantially more than comparison women, but little is known about the factors that influence this overestimation. This study examined the influence of media portrayal of idealized female bodies in women's fashion magazines. Comparison women were not affected by the nature of the photographs that they saw, but eating-disordered women were--they overestimated more when they had seen the pictures of women than when they saw photographs of neutral objects.
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