Originally published September 4 2004
Kids start dieting at shockingly young age
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
A recent study conducted on sophomores in California found that over 60% have tried to lose weight by dieting. The majority of the respondents were girls, but nearly 36% of boys had also tried dieting. Of this 60%, an alarming number of girls started dieting by the time they were 11, and an overwhelming 84% had dieted by the age of 14. In a related study, researchers found that girls who eat a diet rich in calcium also consumed other essential nutrients and didn't show the increased body mass found with girls who did not consume enough daily calcium.
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A survey of high school sophomores in California found that 60 percent of them have made conscious efforts to lose weight.
- The California State University survey of 146 students, aged 13 to 15, found that 73.6 percent of the girls said they had tried to shed pounds at some time, compared with 36.5 percent of the boys.
- Of the students who had tried to lose weight, 15 percent said they'd tried dieting by age 11 and 84 percent had tried dieting by age 14.
- The Creighton University study found that 9-year-old girls who eat a diet rich in calcium (at least 1,500 milligrams per day) also have a much higher intake of other essential nutrients than do girls who eat their usual diets.
- The study of 59 girls found those who ate a calcium-rich diet didn't have greater increases in body weight or body mass index compared with girls who ate their usual diet.
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