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Aim - ANS>To investigate effect of prolonged exposure of TV on attitudes to eating and eating behaviours in Fijian adolescent girls. Procedure - ANS>Naturalistic experiment as introduction on TV was natural. Used a prospective multi wave cross sectional design. PPs information - ANS>Adolescent girls from Fiji. Independent groups design. 1st sample: 63 girls in 1995 several weeks before TV came in. 2nd sample: different set of 65 girls studied in 1998. Combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. 1st sample (1995) - ANS>Completed EAT-26 survey (measures behaviours associated with eating disorders) - obtained quantitative data. Score of 20 = high indicates concern. Separate questions asked about TV viewing. Those who initially scored high then asked to participate in a semi structured interview.
2nd sample (1998) - ANS>Extra questions about body image, dieting and how they saw their parents views. Qualitative data gathered using open ended questions in semi structured interviews using 30 girls from original sample. Results - ANS>Percentage of those with high EAT-26 score increased by 16.5%. Proportion of sample that used vomiting to lose weight increased by 11.3% from 0%. 77% stated TV influenced their body image. 40% justified desire to eat less or lose weight as a means of improving career or becoming more useful at home. Conclusions - ANS>Identifying with role models on TV changed body image in the period of the study. Cultural values about dieting/weight were changing between the girls.