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Indoor tanning develops eating disorder in teenagers (see pics)

New York: Schoolchildren using indoor tanning may develop unhealthy weight control behaviours such as taking diet pills or vomiting to lose weight, an alarming study said.The association between indoor tanning and such disorders may be




Females who used indoor tanning were 20 percent more likely to report fasting, 40 percent more likely to report vomiting or taking laxatives, and more than twice as likely to report taking weight-loss pills, powders, or liquids, the study added.

Such a tendency is even stronger among the male students who used indoor tanning.

The survey also confirms earlier evidence linking indoor tanning to negative body image.