School-Based Overweight Prevention Program May Cut Risk of Eating Disorders Among Girls

Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health set out to determine if an obesity prevention program called 5-2-1-Go! could reduce the risk of eating disorder symptoms and harmful weight-control behaviors in adolescents. The study showed that almost 4% of middle-school girls receiving only their regular health education began vomiting or abusing laxatives or diet pills, but just 1% of the ...
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