Swiss adolescents eating well but stressed
โ Scribed by Alan McGregor
- Book ID
- 118554595
- Publisher
- The Lancet
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 188 KB
- Volume
- 344
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0140-6736
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## Objective: This is a study of prevalence rates for anorexia nervosa (an) and bulimia nervosa (bn) in an epidemiological sample of swiss adolescents. ## Method: A two-stage approach was used which involved the screening of a large sample of adolescents aged 14-17 and subsequent interviews of sc
Previous research suggests that approximately 40% to 50% of the population increase food consumption under stressful conditions. The prevailing view is that eating in response to stress is a type of maladaptive self-regulation. Past research has concentrated mainly on the negative effects of social