In a study of eating disorders in adolescents, Gross (1985) asked each of her subjects whether they
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In a study of eating disorders in adolescents, Gross (1985) asked each of her subjects whether they would prefer to gain weight, lose weight, or maintain their present weight.
(Note: Only 12% of the girls in Gross’s sample were actually more than 15% above their normative weight—a common cutoff for a label of “overweight.”) When she broke down the data for girls by race (African-American versus white), she obtained the following results (other races have been omitted because of small sample sizes):
Reducers Maintainers Gainers White 352 152 31 535 African-American 47 28 24 99 399 180 55 634
a. What conclusions can you draw from these data?
b. Ignoring race, what conclusion can you draw about adolescent girls’ attitudes toward their own weight?
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