Girls in co-educational schools more prone to disordered weight control behaviours than girls in single-sex schools (Kim et al., 2018)

A Korean study has confirmed previous research findings that girls in co-educational high schools are more likely to exhibit disordered weight control behaviours — such as fasting, dieting or self-induced vomiting — than girls attending single-sex high schools (Kim, Bryn Austin, Subramanian, Thomas, Eddy, Franko, Rodgers, & Kawachi, 2018). Research…