In Their Cross-Cultural Study of Eating Disorders, Gupta and Colleagues

question 25

Multiple Choice

In their cross-cultural study of eating disorders, Gupta and colleagues (2001) found that the drive for thinness and body dissatisfaction did not differ between Canadian and Indian women.However, there were cultural differences.What were the cultural differences?

• A)differences in compensatory practices after bingeing, such as purging
• B)differences in the acceptability of eating disorders
• C)differences in the areas of the body most related to body satisfaction
• D)differences in the frequency of bingeing behaviour

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