K. Bisaga, A. Whitaker, M. Davies, S. Chuang, J. Feldman, B.T. Walsh. "Eating disorder and depressive symptoms in urban high school girls from different ethnic backgrounds."
This study examined ethnic group differences in the rates of eating disorder symptoms (EDS) and depressive disorder symptoms (DDS) with respect to ethnic identity, relative body weight, and abnormal eating behaviors among adolescent girls. Hispanic and non-Hispanic white girls had the highest and African-American (AA) and Caribbean girls the lowest rates of EDS. Asian girls reported the highest and AA girls the lowest rates of DDS. Prevention efforts to discourage unsupervised dieting may help adolescent girls so they do not develop EDS and DDS.
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