Magazines 'Could Be Fuelling Eating Disorders' ; Focus On Celebrities Is Thought to Have an Impact On People at Risk

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CELEBRITY gossip magazines can contribute to eating disorders among teenagers, according to a South Wales study. The research, carried out by Cardiff University, involved almost 550 11 to 16- year-olds across South Wales. The researchers studied their reading and television viewing habits and their eating patterns - including whether they skipped meals, fasted for long periods, ate diet foods, forced themselves to be sick after eating, or binged.

Dr James White, a social epidemiologist at Cardiff University, who led the study, said: "We found that those who had strayed into the range of risky eating had a high frequency of viewing gossip magazines.

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Magazines 'Could Be Fuelling Eating Disorders' ; Focus On Celebrities Is Thought to Have an Impact On People at Risk

"We also asked whether they felt under pressure to lose weight from the media and after we took that into account, t...

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