To assess the impact of western attitudes and eating behaviours on teenage girls
Becker Sample
63 Adolescent girls took part in research in 1995 before Tv was introduced and a different set of 65 girls in 1998 after TV had been broadcast for 3 years
Mean age of 17 and all native fijians and English speakerd
Becker procedure
Girls took part in a semi structured interview about their general attitude to eating behaviour and body image creating qualitative data which was recorded and thematically analysed
EAT 26 questionnaire and interview were carried out in the girls’ homes
