99.05.20 - Study finds TV trims Fiji girls' body image and eating habits.
Study finds TV trims Fiji girls' body image and eating habits.
An increase in eating disorders was noted among Fiji island high school girls within a few years of the introduction of television to the island. Goode E. Study finds TV trims Fiji girls' body image and eating habits. Researcher Dr. Anne E. Becker, director of research at the Harvard Eating Disorders Center of Harvard Medical School, discussed her study at a meeting of the American Psychiatric Association in Washington May 19. Not yet published.