Role of body dissatisfaction in the onset and maintenance of eating pathology
Journal of Psychosomatic ResearchPublished 1 November 2002
Eric Stice, Heather Shaw
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Support is provided for the claim that sociocultural processes foster body dissatisfaction, which in turn increase the risk for bulimic pathology, and it is suggested that prevention and treatment interventions might be enhanced by focusing greater attention on body image disturbances.
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This review provides support for the claim that sociocultural processes foster body dissatisfaction, which in turn increase the risk for bulimic pathology, and suggests that prevention and treatment interventions might be enhanced by focusing greater attention on body image disturbances.
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