Eating attitudes and behaviours of female students enrolled in the discipline of Nutrition and Dietetics (ND) in Australia has not been previously explored. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine these characteristics in undergraduate ND students in comparison to a group of female students enrolled in Occupational Therapy (OT). A cross-sectional data was initiated in AugustOctober 2013...

Objective: To examine the relationship of dissociative experiences to body shape concerns in a Spanish sample of eating disorders as compared to a general population. Method: 118 eating disordered outpatients and 64 controls completed the Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ), the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale (RSE) and the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES). Scores were compared within different diag...

Research prior to 2001 indicated that athletes experienced better body image than non-athletes, with no differences among sport types. Since then, female athletes have become increasingly sexually objectified in the media, and the sociocultural beauty ideal has shifted to emphasize appearing both athletic and thin. Part I of this paper explores the literature describing these changes. Part II p...

Among adolescent girls and women, higher weight status is associated with greater body dissatisfaction and weight concerns. This study investigated the etiology of body dissatisfaction and weight concerns among 5-year-old girls by assessing associations among girls' and parents' weight status, body dissatisfaction, and weight concerns. Weight status, body dissatisfaction, and weight concerns we...

Personal health information (PHI) contained in email communications is governed by the same health information management legislation as PHI contained in health records. As a result, confi dentiality and privacy are important considerations if email is being used to communicate PHI to recipients who are not part of a secure internal network. Internet-based email systems generally do not provide...