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Article: Studies from University Hospital yield new data on behavior.(Report)
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- October 21, 2009
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Fresh data on behavior are presented in the report 'Dieting and disordered eating in German high school athletes and non-athletes.' "The purpose of this study was to examine weight concerns, dieting, body dissatisfaction as well as eating behavior of German high school athletes and to compare disordered eating behavior of these athletes with regular high school students. Five hundred and seventy-six young athletes of Elite Sports Schools in the German state of Thuringia and a reference group consisting of 291 non-athletes from regular high schools completed a questionnaire regarding eating behavior and attitudes, dietary history, body image and demographics," scientists ...