Ethnicity:
research suggests body dissatisfaction and related concerns/disorders are more characteristic of white women than black or Asian (Powell and Kahn, 1995).
Ball and Kenardy (2002) studied over 1400 women 18-23 in Australia. Results showed that for all ethnic groups, the longer time spent in Australia, the more the women reported attitudes and eating behaviours similar to those born in Australia.
this is known as the acculturation effect.

Social Class:
a number of studies found that body dissatisfaction, eating behaviour and disorders are more common in higher-class individuals.
Dornbusch et al (1984) surveyed 7000 american adolescents & concluded higher-class females had a greater desire to be thin & were more likely to diet to acheive this than lower-class were.
Goode et al. (2008) used data from 2003 Scottish Health Survey & established that income was positively associated with healthy eating.

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A-Level Psychology A2 (5 - Eating Behaviour) Slide Set on Eating Behaviour - Division A, created by Charlotte Hewson on 25/07/2015.