U.S. and Russian youth think alike about food.

White teenagers in the U.S. and Russia tend to think and behave alike when it comes to eating, a survey conducted by June Stevens, associate professor of nutrition and epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, suggests. Black American teens, however, have significantly different opinions than whites about nutrition, body size, dieting, and hunger. Black girls and boys are more likely to be overweight than whites in either country. Black girls, though, are less than half as likely as white girls to report dieting or feeling guilty after overeating.

Russian teenagers five times more often answer "yes" to the question, "Do you overeat when food is available because you are concerned that later you won't have enough food?" than Americans of either race. The survey also found that:

* Percentages of Russian boys and girls trying to lose weight were...