Family Weight Talk and Dieting: How Much Do They Matter for Body Dissatisfaction and Disordered Eating Behaviors in Adolescent Girls?
Journal of Adolescent HealthPublished 22 April 2010
Dianne Neumark‐Sztainer, Katherine W. Bauer, Sarah Friend, Peter J. Hannan, Mary Story, Jerica M. Berge
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Parent weight-related comments and dieting behaviors, and family weight-teasing, may contribute to disordered eating behaviors in adolescent girls and health care providers can help parents provide a supportive home environment by discouraging weight-based comments.
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Parent weight-related comments and dieting behaviors, and family weight-teasing, may contribute to disordered eating behaviors in adolescent girls. Health care providers can help parents provide a supportive home environment by discouraging weight-based comments, which may be intended to be helpful, but can have unintentional harmful consequences.
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