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Girls that eat with their families are less likely to develop eating disorders, a study says.

New research shows girls who regularly have 21 meals are much less likely to adopt extreme weight control 22 such as vomiting (呕吐), using laxatives (泻药)or diet pills.

A study 23 more than 2500 American high school students found that girls who ate five or more family meals a week had a much healthier 24 with food in later life.

The research, 25 in international magazine Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, polled students aged 13 to 17 in 1999 who were 26 five years later. Regular family meals were found to have a protective effect 27 the girls’ age, weight, socio-economic status, 28 habits or relationship with her family.

Experts say doctors should 29 families to have dinner at the table 30 on the couch in front of the television to 31serious eating disorders.

Belinda Dalton, director of eating disorders clinic The Oak House, said 32 with family helped "normalize"(正常化) young people's relationship with food.

"When the young are feeling that they're not dealing properly, they 33 something that they can control and food is something 34 and accessible for them to control. 35 , if they're sitting with their family on a regular basis then their family can be more in 36 of their eating," Ms Dalton said. "It's about young people feeling 37 their family and that builds self-esteem (自尊) and sense of 38 and that works very actively against someone developing an eating disorder."

An eating disorders expert, Kirsty Greenwood, said meal times were often difficult for sufferers. "It's typical that they feel very 39 of their eating habits and often won't eat with other people. Perhaps it's because they haven't 40 the importance of the family meal in their growing up," she said.

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22. A. behaviors	B. measures	C. progress	D. development
23. A. promoting	B. surveying	C.impressing	D. delivering
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