Body dissatisfaction and dieting in young children

Schur, Ellen A.; Sanders, Mary J.; Steiner, Hans

doi:10.1002/(sici)1098-108x(200001)27:1<74::aid-eat8>3.0.co;2-k

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“…Similar to our findings, previous studies have found that approximately 40 % of pre-adolescent girls (2,17,26,27) and about 30-35 % of boys want to be thinner (1,2) . A study of adolescent girls in HK (5) , and another of 18-27-year-old HK Chinese adults (28) , found that 75 % expressed a desire to be thinner, a considerably higher prevalence than that Ref.…”

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Body size dissatisfaction among young Chinese children in Hong Kong: a cross-sectional study

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Ling

Thomas

et al. 2014

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To determine the potential predictors of body size dissatisfaction in Chinese children. Design: The Child's Body Image Scale was used to assess body size perception and dissatisfaction. BMI was calculated from objectively measured height and weight. Predictors of body size dissatisfaction were examined by logistic regression analysis. Setting: Hong Kong, China. Subjects: Six hundred and twenty children (53 % boys, aged 6·1-12·9 years) from a state-run primary school. Results: Female sex (adjusted OR (AOR) = 1·91; 95 % CI 1·32, 2·76), age (AOR = 2·62; 95 % CI 1·65, 4·16 for 8-10 years; AOR = 2·16; 95 % CI 1·38, 3·38 for > 10 years), overweight (AOR = 6·23; 95 % CI 3·66, 10·60) and obesity (AOR = 19·04; 95 % CI 5·64, 64·32) were positively associated with desire to be thinner. Size misperception was a strong predictor of body size dissatisfaction, irrespective of actual weight status (AOR = 1·90; 95 % CI 1·02, 3·54 for overestimation; AOR = 0·43; 95 % CI 0·27, 0·67 for underestimation). Conclusions: Body size dissatisfaction is prevalent among Chinese children as young as 6 years. Female sex, age, overweight, obesity and overestimation of size were associated with increased desire to be thinner. These findings emphasise the importance of preventing body image issues from an early age.

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Body size dissatisfaction among young Chinese children in Hong Kong: a cross-sectional study

Knowles

Ling

Thomas

et al. 2014

Public Health Nutr.

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“…[22][23][24][25] Parents and school nurses and doctors might give greater attention to overweight girls compared to overweight boys and it is possible that the social pressure to be thin is stronger on girls. Therefore, it is also important to monitor underweight together with overweight and obesity in epidemiological surveillance systems to prevent the risk of misclassification of individuals with underweight as normal weight and follow possible unfavourable trends in underweight.…”

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Childhood overweight and obesity prevalences levelling off in Stockholm but socioeconomic differences persist

Sundblom¹,

et al. 2008

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Background: Time trends in overweight, obesity and underweight among 10-year-old children were investigated between 1999 and 2003 with attention to gender and areas with different socioeconomic status (SES). Material: The study was performed in Stockholm County, where schools within eight different SES areas were randomly sampled. In selected schools, data on height and weight were abstracted from school health records of 2416 ten-year-old boys and girls examined by school nurses in 1999 and 2183 examined in 2003. Results: Among boys, the prevalence of overweight was 21.6% in 1999 and 20.5% in 2003 (difference À1.1% (95% confidence interval (CI), À4.6; 2.4)) and for obesity 3.2 and 3.8% (difference 0.6% (95% CI, À0.9; 2.2)). Among girls overweight decreased from 22.1 to 19.2% (difference À2.9% (95% CI, À6.3; 0.6)) and obesity from 4.4 to 2.8% (difference À1.6% (95% CI, À3.1; 0.0)). There was a marginally significant difference in obesity trends in girls versus boys (P ¼ 0.051). The prevalence of underweight decreased nonsignificantly both in boys and in girls. Strong gradients, with more obesity and overweight in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas, were observed in both genders in 2003. Differences between SES areas were also seen in 1999 but were more pronounced in 2003. Among boys divergent trends in obesity were observed between 1999 and 2003, with evidence for increases in less affluent areas only. Conclusion: This population-based study of 10-year-olds indicates that rates of obesity, overweight and underweight are stable in Stockholm County. However, obesity is more prevalent in relatively less advantaged SES.

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“…Given the importance of the preadolescent period of development in relation to the onset of body, weight, and dieting Anxiety, parental feeding and preadolescent eating 24 concerns (e.g., Ricciardelli, McCabe, Holt & Finemore, 2003;Schur, Sanders & Steiner, 2000;Stice, Agras & Hammer, 1999), and the dearth of research with this age group, the present results make an important addition to the field. The results support and extend previous literature with a younger age group by demonstrating evidence of the links between eating behaviours and perceived parental feeding practices, and between perceived parental feeding practices and mental health symptomology, in preadolescent children.…”

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“…The period of preadolescence is of particular importance since research suggests that body, weight, and dieting concerns begin around this age (Ricciardelli, McCabe, Holt & Finemore, 2003;Schur, Sanders & Steiner, 2000;Stice, Agras & Hammer, 1999). Preadolescence is also a time period characterised by increasing independence and autonomy.…”

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Perceptions of parental pressure to eat and eating behaviours in preadolescents: The mediating role of anxiety

2014

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Previous research suggests that parental controlling feeding practices are associated with children's over-eating and under-eating behaviours. However, there is limited research addressing the link between children's mental health symptoms (specifically anxiety and depression) and their reports of eating behaviours, despite knowledge that these psychopathologies often co-exist. The current study aimed to identify the relationships between preadolescents' perceptions of their parents' feeding practices with reports of their own anxiety, depression and eating behaviours. Three hundred and fifty six children (mean The results suggest that greater anxiety in preadolescents may explain why children who perceive greater pressure to eat by their parents are more likely to exhibit maladaptive eating behaviours.

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Body dissatisfaction and dieting in young children

Cited by 180 publications

References 22 publications

Body size dissatisfaction among young Chinese children in Hong Kong: a cross-sectional study

Body size dissatisfaction among young Chinese children in Hong Kong: a cross-sectional study

Childhood overweight and obesity prevalences levelling off in Stockholm but socioeconomic differences persist

Perceptions of parental pressure to eat and eating behaviours in preadolescents: The mediating role of anxiety

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