Parental Modelling (SLT): Brown & Ogden (2004)
reported correlations between parent + child for
snack intake, motivations and body dissatisfaction.
Birch & Fisher (2000) found that the best predictors
of daughters EB were mothers dietary restraint
+perception of becoming overweight
Media Effects (SLT): Maclntryre (1998) media has
a major impact of what people eat + their attitudes;
however personal circumstances (age, income) can
affect EB. Evolutionary explanations of food
preferences suggests that our preferences to fatty
+ sweet foods is a direct evolved adaption.
Ethnicity (CI): Ball & Kenardy (2002) studied (1400+) women between
18-25 in Australia; for all ethnic groups the longer the stay the more
women reported EB and attitudes to be similar to that of Australian
women (acculturation effect). Bulimia was more common in white
women than black or Asian. Mumford et al (1991) found that Bulimia
was greater amoung Asian school girls than their white counterparts.
Social Class (CI): Dornbouch et al (1984) survey 7000 American
adolescents + concluded that higher-class female desired to be thin and
were more likely to achieve this; body dissatisfaction = higher-class.
[Good et al, 2008: used data from Scottish Health Survey and found
income has an association w/ healthy eating]. Story et al (1995)
higher-class American students had greater body satisfaction; other
studies = no relationship between class + weight dissatisfaction.
Binge-eating (Mood): Davis et al (1988) 1 hour before binge, bulimic
people had more -ve mood states
Comfort Eating (Mood)
Explanations for the Success
and Failure of Dieting