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Fact Sheet 5: No Diet Day Facts |
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1. Adolescent girls who diet only
moderately, are 5 times more likely to develop an eating disorder than
those who don't diet, and those who diet severely are 18 times more
likely to develop an eating disorder. 2. Young Australian women who start
dieting before the age of 15, are more likely to experience depression,
binge eating, purging, and physical symptoms such as tiredness, low iron
levels and menstrual irregularities. 3. The chances of an active Australian
woman, (18 - 35 yrs) having the same weight, height, waist and hip
measurements of a mannequin is 1.1%, and she has no chance at all
of matching the measurements of Barbie. 4. 50% of primary school children wanted to
weigh less according to a recent survey of pre-adolescent Sydney
children. 5. 26-30% of boys want to be thinner.
However prevailing cultural values encourage many boys to desire
increased size and muscle mass. 6. A Melbourne survey of 1800 teenagers
found that nearly 20 % of boys had dieted to lose weight. 7. The more strongly teenage girls want
to be thin, the more likely they are to have nutritionally inadequate
diets. 8. While teenagers recognise the
importance of food in preventing future illness, they attach more
importance to their current looks and energy levels. 9. Parents who are more
controlling of their children's intake, have children who are less able
to stop when they are satisfied, and so at a greater risk of obesity. 10. 42% of young women from different
cultural backgrounds (European and Asian), who are already underweight,
want to weigh even less. 11. Increasing numbers of men are saying they
are not satisfied with their bodies. It is their chest, abdomen
and muscle tone that causes most of the problem. 12. 30% of 65-74 year old women have dieted
in the last five years. 62% of these were at a normal weight. 13. Positive self esteem in older men and
women is related to feeling healthy and fit more than weight. 14. Men are more likely than women to think that
unsuccessful dieting is due to lack of effort. References 1. Patton, G.C. et al (1999) Onset of
adolescent eating disorders: population based cohort study over 3
years. British Medical Journal, 318: 765-768. 2. Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health
(1999). 3. Olds, T. and Norton, K. (1999) How to
become a supermodel: the anthropometric characteristics of ideal bodies.
School of Physical Education, Exercise and Sport Studies, University of
South Australia. 4. Roncolato, W., Huon, G., Braganza, C., &
Ritchie, J. (1998) Nutritional knowledge, food-
related and body-related attitudes among pre-adolescent children.
Aust J Nutr & Diet 55:4, 195-202. 5. Ricciardelli, L. (1999) Body Image and
Children. Research Summary of Body Image and Health Inc. 6. Hill, M. et al (1997) Relationship
of dietary restraints and activity patterns to Body Mass Index in
Melbourne primary and secondary school children: a preliminary study.
Aust J Nutr & Diet 54:3, 118-125. 7. Gibbons, K. et al (1995)
Nutrient intake of adolescents and its relationship to desire for
thinness, weight loss behaviours and bulimic tendencies. Aust J
Nutr & Diet 52:2, 69-74. 8. Nowak, M. and Crawford, D. (1998)
Getting the message across: adolescents' health concerns and views about
the importance of food. Aust J Nutr & Diet 55: 1, 3-8. 9. Johnson and Birch (1994)
Parents' and Children's Adiposity and Eating Style. Paediatrics,
94: 653-660. 10. O'Dea, J. (1998) The body size
preferences of underweight young women from different cultural
backgrounds. Aust J Nutr & Diet 55:2, 75-79. 11. Fawkner, H. & McMuarry, N. (1999) Body
Image in Men. Research Summary of Body Image and Health Inc. 12. Allaz et al (1998) Body weight
pre-occupation in middle age and ageing women. A general
population survey. Int J of Eat Disorders 32: 287-294. 13. Paxton, S.J. and Phythian, K. (1999)
Body Image, Self-Esteem and Health Status in Middle and Later Adulthood.
(In Press) 14. Campbell K. and Crawford, D. (1998) Men's
and women's dieting beliefs. Aust J Nutr & Diet 55 (3) 122-129.
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