Eating disorders commonly develop during adolescence. In order to devise a prevention/education program, it is necessary to assess the presence of eating disordered behaviors in this population. The Kids' Eating Disorders Survey (KEDS) was used to gather data on body dissatisfaction, exercise and eating habits and restricting/purging behaviors. School and health professionals administered the self-report questionnaire to eighth grade students as part of a nutrition education and training program (n=123). Written/informed consent was received from all parents of the study participants. The sample was predominately Caucasian and composed of 48% females and 46.3% males; mean age was 13.5 years. Using SAS software, chi-square analyses were performed to compare differences between sexes on individual items. Females scored significantly higher on all individual responses that measured weight dissatisfaction and restricting/purging behaviors as compared to males. More specifically, approximately 53% (33/58) of the females reported a desire to lose weight as compared to 23% (13/57) of the males. Sixty-three percent of the females and 26.3% of the males felt they looked fat to others. In addition, 38% of the females reported previous dieting as compared to 14% of the males. These findings demonstrate the need for teachers to be educated on the identification of those adolescents at risk so that curriculum and intervention programs could be designed to prevent clinical and subclinical eating disorders in this population.