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Ethnicity may play a role in eating disorders.(Clinical Rounds)
Culture appears to play a role in disordered eating.
Black and Caribbean girls had the lowest rates of disordered eating, probably because African American culture sends teens the message that physically attractiveness isn't completely tied to being thin, Katarzyna Bisaga, M.D., and colleagues reported.
"These findings, along with previously described higher ideal body weight among [black] girls, support the protective role of cultural values with regards to restrictive weight control behaviors," said Dr. Bisaga of the New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York City.
Conversely, white and Hispanic girls had much higher rates of disordered eating. This seems directly related to the cultural message that being thin is a prerequisite for being attractive, said the investigators.
There also was a significant association between early dieting and depressive disorder symptoms among white girls and those of mixed background.
"This finding suggests that Western cultural pressures for thinness may play a role not only in the development of EDS [eating disorder symptoms], but also in the development of DDS [depressive disorder symptoms] in adolescence," they said (J. Dev. Behav. Pediatr. 2005;26:257-66).
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