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Vegetarians are nearly twice as likely to diet frequently as nonvegetarians, four times as likely to engage in intentional vomiting and eight times as likely to use laxatives for weight control
Published in the Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1997;151:833-838
Adolescent Vegetarians A Behavioral Profile of a School-Based Population in Minnesota Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, PhD, MPH, RD; Mary Story, PhD, RD; Michael D. Resnick, PhD; Robert W. Blum, MD, PhD
Thevegetariansin the study were nearly twice as likely to diet frequently as nonvegetarians, four times as likely to engage in intentional vomiting and eight times as likely to use laxatives for weight control.