Addressing the Childhood Obesity Crisis

Budd, Geraldine M.; Hayman, Laura L.

doi:10.1097/01.nmc.0000313419.51495.ce

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“…One solution may be teaching adolescents about the influence of outside factors on weight, thus minimizing the individual burden (Budd & Hayman, 2008). Moreover, in interventions aimed at diverse adolescents, it is important that programs recognize there are cultural variations in body sizes, preferences, and attitudes towards obesity (Latner et al, 2005).…”

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Perceived size of friends and weight evaluation among low-income adolescents

Ramirez

Milan

2015

J Behav Med

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Drawing from social comparison theory, we examine how perceptions of friends’ body sizes may influence adolescents’ subjective evaluations of their own body (e.g., how accurate they are in judging their weight, how much body dissatisfaction they feel), particularly for adolescent females. Participants were low-income, minority adolescents (Study 1: N = 194 females, Mean age = 15.4; Study 2: N = 409 males and females; Mean age = 14.9). Adolescents used figure rating scales to indicate their perceived size and that of four of their closest friends and completed several measures of subjective weight evaluation (e.g., weight classification, body dissatisfaction, internalized weight bias). In both studies, how adolescents perceived their body size and the body sizes of their thinnest and heaviest friends were positively correlated. In Study 1, overweight females based on measured BMI were less likely to accurately judge themselves as overweight if they had a close friend they perceived as heavy. In addition, females who viewed themselves as having a larger figure reported more internalized weight bias when they had friends they viewed as relatively thin. Findings from Study 2 suggest that how friends’ bodies are perceived is predictive of subjective weight evaluation measures only for adolescent females. Programs that address negative aspects of social comparison may be important in preventing both obesity and eating disorder symptoms in adolescent females.

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Section: Implications For Interventionmentioning

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Perceived size of friends and weight evaluation among low-income adolescents

Ramirez

Milan

2015

J Behav Med

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“…7,17 Interdisciplinary team approaches with community partnerships to develop effective practice strategies across social ecological levels have also been emphasized. The literature suggests that community-or school-and camp-based settings should be considered for childhood obesity management.…”

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“…[7][8][9] Children and adolescents who are overweight are more likely to become obese as adults. [7][8][9] Children and adolescents who are overweight are more likely to become obese as adults.…”

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Web-Based Weight Management Programs for Children and Adolescents

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Advances in Nursing Science

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More than 17% of children aged 6 to 19 years living in the United States are classified as overweight. Medical costs related to overweight and obesity were recently estimated to approximate $100 billion annually. The purpose of this systematic review was to provide the scientific evidence regarding Web-based weight management programs for overweight children and adolescents. Results suggest the potential for Web-based behavioral change programs for weight management in overweight children and adolescents. Future research should emphasize rigorous methodological adequacies, develop theory-based standardized frameworks, investigate types of interventions appropriate for boys and girls in this age group, evaluate long-term effect of interventions, and examine cost as well as clinical effectiveness.

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“…The combined effect of society, family, and individual factors intensify the causes of obesity (DeMattia and Denney, 2008; Davison and Birch, 2001). Research suggests that environmental change is critical to support individual change (Sallis and Glanz, 2006;Ferreira et al, 2001;Budd and Hayman, 2008). The potential to change and maintain that progress in public health issues such as childhood obesity can be realized only when it is implemented broadly with adequate resources (Schwartz and Brownell, 2007).…”

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confidence: 99%