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1	Eating Disorder Risk in Subgroups of College Freshman Women Gochnour, Karen E. 20 July 2006 (has links) (PDF) The intent of this study was to identify subgroups within the college population having a heightened risk for eating disorders. The information for this analysis was retrieved from an existing data set. The two variables that were compared were self selection of college major at the initial collection during freshman year. The sample size of 1,924 was used to see if subgroups of college majors had a heightened risk. Twenty groups composed of similar majors were studied. The majors of Dance, Dietetics, Physical Education, and Communications had heightened risk according to analysis percentage of each group in the clinical range on the Eating Attitudes Test-40 (EAT-40), EAT-40 mean, and/or EAT-40 median. Results indicate that Dance, Dietetic, Physical Education, and Communications would merit additional resources to prevent eating disorders at the college level. eating disorders anorexia bulimia college majors freshmen freshman women dance dietetics communications physical education eating attitudes test self-selection college students Counseling Psychology Special Education and Teaching