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In a study of eating disorders in adolescents, Gross (1985) asked each of her subjects whether they would prefer to gain weight, lose weight, or maintain their present weight. (Note: Only 12% of the girls in Gross’s sample were actually more than 15% above their normative weight—a common cutoff for a label of “overweight.”) When she broke down the data for girls by race (African-American versus white), she obtained the following results (other races have been omitted because of small sample sizes):

a.       What conclusions can you draw from these data?

b. Ignoring race, what conclusion can you draw about adolescent girls’ attitudes toward their own weight?