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Peer reviewedBrehm, Bonnie J.; Steffen, John J. – American Journal of Health Behavior, 1998
Examined the prevalence of eating-disordered cognitions and behaviors among adolescent obligatory exercisers (those for whom exercise is the central focus of their lives). Surveys of 250 male and female adolescents indicated that obligatory exercisers had more eating-disordered attitudes and traits than did nonobligatory exercisers, sharing…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitude Measures, Body Weight, Eating Disorders
