Db. Mumford et Iy. Choudry, Body dissatisfaction and eating attitudes in slimming and fitness gyms in London and Lahore: A cross-cultural study, EUR EAT D R, 8(3), 2000, pp. 217-224
A questionnaire survey of women attending slimming and fitness gyms in Lond
on and Lahore was conducted using the Body Shape Questionnaire and the Eati
ng Attitudes Test. Twenty-nine South Asian and 40 White women in London and
35 English-speaking women in Lahore were recruited into the study. Similar
associations between body mass, body dissatisfaction and eating attitudes
were found in all three ethnic groups. Asian women, in London and Lahore, s
howed a decrease in body dissatisfaction (BSQ scores) with age, suggesting
that younger Asian women may have been more affected by increasing 'western
ization' of attitudes to body shape. This cross-cultural study provides fur
ther evidence of the causal links between body mass, body dissatisfaction a
nd eating attitudes across different ethnic groups. Copyright (C) 2000 John
Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.