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Body weight, desire to be thinner, and weight control attempts were studied in fourth grade boys and girls and their parents. Parental modeling and communications to their children were of particular interest. Girls reported greater desire to be thinner than boys, but they did not report more dieting. For girls, but not boys, desire to be thinner was positively correlated with dieting; however, these...