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Waist-to-Hip Ratio and Unhealthy Body Change in Women
The role of waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) in unhealthy body change was examined in a sample of 143 women university students. They completed the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q), reported their level of concern with weight and with WHR, and used unmarked measuring tapes to record their subjective (self-perceived), ideal, and objective (measured) waist and hip circumference. Although body shape was reported as important, and concern with WHR correlated significantly with symptoms of disordered eating, the relationships involving WHR were not independent of those involving body weight. Thus, there appears to be little behavioural and/or clinical significance in the aesthetic evaluations made by women of their WHR. Reasons for this are considered in light of evidence that women regard WHR as more difficult to control and less amenable to change than their overall body weight.
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Sex rolesVolume
56Issue
1-2Pagination
33 - 43Publisher
Springer New York LLCLocation
New York, N.Y.Publisher DOI
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0360-0025eISSN
1573-2762Language
engNotes
Published online: 10 January 2007Publication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2007, Springer Science + Business MediaUsage metrics
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womenbody imagewaist-to-hip ratiounhealthy body changedisordered eatingSocial SciencesPsychology, DevelopmentalPsychology, SocialWomen's StudiesPsychologyEATING-DISORDER EXAMINATIONFEMALE ATTRACTIVENESSFAT DISTRIBUTIONBULIMIA-NERVOSAEXAMINATION-QUESTIONNAIREPHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESSANOREXIA-NERVOSAWEIGHTDISSATISFACTIONGENDER
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