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Direct linkWithrow, Rebecca L.; Shoffner, Marie F. – Journal of Career Development, 2006
As women have gained entry and status in the workforce over the past century, societal focus on female beauty and thinness has intensified, and rates of eating disorders have risen. In tandem with these trends, many career women have come to associate success at work with the ability to maintain strict control over body weight. This control…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Females, Eating Disorders, Vocational Adjustment
