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Studies of the negative impact of body dissatisfaction have generally been limited to girls. Recognizing that body dissatisfaction is a growing concern among boys, investigators in Australia conducted a school-based survey to examine its effect on quality of life (QOL) among adolescent girls and boys.
Of 1749 students who completed surveys (79% response rate), 1666 (mean age 15.5 years, 531 boys) had complete data on measures of body dissatisfaction, eating disorder symptoms, quality of life, and self-reported height and weight (from which body-mass index [BMI] was calculated). Girls were on average were 8 months older than boys, but BMI did not differ significantly between sexes (mean, ~ 20.6 kg/m2). Girls reported significantly higher leve…