AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Anorexia among black women gets new scrutiny.
Byline: Shannah Tharp-Taylor
CHICAGO _ In many ways, Stephanie Doswell is your regular college student in a T-shirt and flare-legged jeans. But she is also anorexic, bulimic and African-American, a combination so rare that it sometimes goes unrecognized.
"If someone sees a sickly, thin white person, they automatically think that they have anorexia," said Doswell, 19. "If someone sees a sickly, thin black person, they don't think that they have anorexia."
She adds sarcastically: "Because blacks don't get anorexia."
(EDITORS: BEGIN OPTIONAL TRIM)
While their numbers are probably small, black anorexics face a host of unique ...
- Eating disorders and dieting behavior among Australian and Swazi university...
- Magazine article from: The Journal of Social Psychology Stephens, Nicole M. Schumaker, John F. Sibiya, Thokozile E. April 1, 1999 700+ words
...increase in the prevalence of eating disorders among their people (Mumford et...1991) or of the traditional African views regarding large body size...women in these cultures experience eating disorders (King, 1993). Our research...
- Individuals With Eating Disorders Up to Five Times Likelier to Abuse Alcohol...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire December 18, 2003 700+ words
...Substance Abuse and Eating Disorders -- the first comprehensive...ratio reported for eating disorders. The report finds...especially vulnerable to eating disorders and related substance...significantly more likely than African-American girls to...
- Eating disorders among female college athletes.(Report)
- Magazine article from: The Sport Journal Smiley, Nikkie Lim, Jon March 22, 2008 700+ words
...Relationships between eating disorders and a number of variables...thought to contribute to eating disorders--self-esteem...assess the prevalence of eating disorders among them based on...Caucasian; 1% were African American; 1% were...
- The sacred flesh.(At the well: eating disorders)
- Magazine article from: The Other Side Leichty, Janet January 1, 2004 700+ words
...likely than African Americans to develop eating disorders, particularly...the rate of eating disorders among minorities...risen. But African American adolescents...protect against eating disorders in some African American communities...
- The Eating Disorders Inventory Among Asian American College Women.(Brief...
- Magazine article from: The Journal of Social Psychology TSAI, GRACE GRAY, JAMES August 1, 2000 700+ words
...of the etiology of eating disorders are notable for their...few exceptions among African American (Gray...the assessment of eating disorders among young Asian...women, by using the Eating Disorders Inventory-2 (EDI...
- Dying to be thin: deadly eating disorders are killing some Sisters who are...
- Magazine article from: Ebony Hughes, Zondra July 1, 2005 700+ words
...deadly cycle of eating disorders that is quietly...trend of more severe eating disorders among African-American young...difficult for an African-American girl...are plunged into eating disorders by constant dieting...
- 150 experts examine latest findings on eating disorders at Bristol-Myers...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 10, 1990 700+ words
...Famine: Relevance to Eating Disorders," today and tomorrow...experts on nutrition and eating disorders," said Dr. Anderson...malnutrition in the West African nation of Gambia...among the more common eating disorders of industrialized countries...
- 150 experts examine latest findings on eating disorders at Bristol-Myers...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 11, 1990 700+ words
...Famine: Relevance to Eating Disorders," today and tomorrow...experts on nutrition and eating disorders," said Dr. Anderson...malnutrition in the West African nation of Gambia...among the more common eating disorders of industrialized countries...