Several long-term studies have shown that girls who diet in their early teenage years are three times more likely to become overweight five years later, even if they started at a normal weight, and all of these studies found that the same factors that predicted weight gain also predicted the development of eating disorders.
Disa studime afatgjata kane treguar se vajza te cilat bejne diete  ne fillimet e viteve te adoleshences jane trefish te dispozuara te kthehen ne mbipeshe pese vite me pas, edhe nese kane filluar ne nje peshe normale, dhe te gjitha keto studime zbuluan se te njejtet faktore qe parashikuan marrjen e peshes gjithashtu parashikuan zhvillimin  e crregullimit te ngrenies.