Clinical
Weight Loss Trials of Diet Pills
Study of Adolescent Weight Loss Methods
Inc. Laxative Diet Pills
Aim
To examine dieting, eating and exercise behaviors, use of diet pills,
and vomiting or use of laxatives
to lose weight among younger adolescents.
Subjects
Two thousand three hundred thirty-one students in the sixth, seventh,
and eighth grades from selected middle schools in North Carolina.
Results
Of the students surveyed, 110 (9.7%) of the girls and 46 (4.0%) of the
boys reported vomiting or using laxatives to lose weight. Among the girls,
vomiting or laxative use was associated with feeling overweight, other
weight loss practices, older age, being a poor student, smoking, eating
more salads or vegetables, and eating more candy or other sweets (P<
or =.01). A logistic regression model consisting of diet pill use, dieting
to lose weight, lower academic achievement, and currently trying to lose
weight correctly classified 92% of female students who had or had not
vomited or used laxatives. Among boys, vomiting or laxative use was associated
with feeling overweight, other weight loss practices, minority racial
status, smoking, frequency of eating hamburgers or other high-fat meats,
and frequency of eating french fries or potato chips (P< or =.01).
A model consisting of diet pill use, minority race, dieting to lose weight,
smoking, feeling overweight, and number of servings of hamburgers, hot
dogs, or barbecue correctly classified 97% of the boys who had or had
not vomited or used laxatives.
Conclusion
Younger adolescents trying to lose weight engage in a variety of problem
dieting and weight loss behaviors that can compromise health and may be
associated with eating disorders.
Krowchuk DP, Kreiter SR, Woods CR, Sinal
SH, DuRant RH.
Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University
School of Medicine and Brenner Children's Hospital of Wake Forest University
Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA. krowchuk@wfubmc.edu
Source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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