Bod/ Dissatisfaction — reflects the belief that specific parts of the body associated
with shape change or increased "fatness" at puberty are too large (e.g.
hips, thighs, buttocks). Body dissatisfaction has been found to be related to
other body image disturbances which have been considered a basic deficit in
anorexia nervosa (see Garner and Garfinkel, 1981 for a review). Crisp (1977,
1980) has suggested that dieting in anorexia nervosa is a response to dissatisfaction
with pubertal "fatness" and the symbolic meaning that it has for the individual.