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Teens With Unhealthy Weight-Control Behavior Are More Likely to Abuse Drugs
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2009
2008
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December 2009
![bar chart showing higher prevalence of poor behaviors among teens with disordered eating versus no disorders in both boys and girls](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121017061939im_/http://www.drugabuse.gov/sites/default/files/imagecache/content_image_landscape/images/colorbox/numbers2_0.gif)
Source:
Pisetsky, E.M. et al. Disordered eating and substance use in high-school students: Results from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System.International Journal of Eating Disorders 41(5):464-470, 2008. [Abstract]
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