Eating attitudes, health-risk behaviors, self-esteem, and anxiety among adolescent females in a suburban high school

Fisher, Martin; Schneider, Marcie; Pegler, Cynthia; Napolitano, Barbara

doi:10.1016/0197-0070(91)90051-m

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“…In agreement with Garner et al [27] and Rathner and Messner [29], each student was allocated to one of the three categories on the basis of EAT total scores. In our study the prevalence of disturbed eating attitudes and behavior was higher than that reported in British [ 19,41 ] and Italian [29] studies and similar to that in US studies [17,24,42]. These differences might be explained by differences in sociocultural factors and/or socioeconomic status of the samples [43,44], In Switzer land, a country with a high standard of living, disturbed eating behavior is as common as in the most industrial ized Western countries [45][46][47], Especially in the higher social classes the cultural pressure for women to diet and to achieve a thin body shape is quite considerable.…”

Section: Eating Behavior O F Female Adolescentscontrasting

confidence: 50%

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Relationship between Disturbed Eating Behavior and Other Psychosomatic Symptoms in Adolescents

Buddeberg-Fischer

Bernet²,

Schmid³

et al. 1996

Psychother Psychosom

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Background: There has been relatively little research on subthreshold eating disorders and factors which might promote their transition to eating disorders. Methods: A sample consisting of 1,944 Swiss adolescents of both sexes, 14–19 years of age, was investigated for eating behavior (EAT-26), psychological (SCL-90-R) and physical symptoms (GSCL-C). In addition, the relationship between eating behavior and other psychosomatic symptoms was analyzed. Results: The results revealed significantly higher scores for females than males on all except one scale of the questionnaires. Three categories of disturbed eating behavior based on the EAT scores were described: EAT 0––9 = not disturbed (77.5% girls, 93.1% boys), EAT 10–19 = moderately disturbed (14.1% girls, 5.5% boys), and EAT ≥20 = severely disturbed (8.3% girls, 1.5% boys). With regard to the three aspects, eating habits, psychosomatic symptoms and suicidality a significant correlation between disturbed eating behavior and concurrent psychological and physical symptoms was found in female but not in male subjects. Conclusions: The results emphasized that disordered eating behavior has to be seen as part of a broader psychopathological syndrome, especially in young women.

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“…Interest was mainly centered on con current depression, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive dis orders in patients with the clinical syndrome of anorexia nervosa and bulimia [9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. Some researchers investi gated the combination of disturbed eating behavior and mood symptoms [16][17][18].…”

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Relationship between Disturbed Eating Behavior and Other Psychosomatic Symptoms in Adolescents

Buddeberg-Fischer

Bernet²,

Schmid³

et al. 1996

Psychother Psychosom

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“…The negative labelling of 'junk food', thought to be unhealthy and fattening, may lead to both underreporting of its use and avoiding it in reality. In numerous studies, weight dissatisfaction has been found to have strong associations with problems related to eating and food, healthcompromising ways of weight control, and even eating disorders 12,21,22,34,35 . Overall, having normal weight and being satisfied with that weight are favourable for an adolescent.…”

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Associates of obesity and weight dissatisfaction among Finnish adolescents

Mikkilä

Lahti-Koski

Pietinen

et al. 2003

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: We investigated behavioural and socio-economic factors associated with obesity and weight dissatisfaction among Finnish adolescents. Design: A total of 60 252 Finnish adolescents aged 14 to 16 years filled in a questionnaire about their health, health behaviour and socio-economic background. Food choices were obtained by using a short food-frequency questionnaire. Obesity was defined as a weight at least 120% of the sex-and height-specific mean weight for subjects. Results: Of girls and boys, 54% and 66%, respectively, were satisfied with their weight. Among dissatisfied normal-weight adolescents, 81% of girls but only 48% of boys thought they were overweight. Of obese boys, 25% were satisfied with their weight. For both genders, obesity and weight dissatisfaction were associated with economic problems in the family. In girls, an association was also found with poor school performance, low educational level of parents and not having evening meals at home; and in boys, with physical inactivity and not eating school lunch. Smoking was more common among girls who were dissatisfied with their weight. Differences in food choices were small between different weight and weight satisfaction categories. Conclusions: Having normal weight and being satisfied with that weight are favourable for an adolescent. Obesity and weight dissatisfaction are associated mostly with disadvantageous health behaviours and low socio-economic status. Health behaviour seems to be associated more with weight satisfaction than with actual weight.

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“…Evidence that dieting among girls may increase the risk of smoking initiation suggests a need to broaden the scope of policies and programs designed to protect the health of young people. 2,27,43,44 Designers of programs for young people who engage in unhealthy dieting practices should be aware that they also may need to plan intervention for tobacco use. In turn, planners of youth programs intended to prevent smoking may need to consider strategies to reduce the prevalence of dieting, particularly among girls, to achieve their health promotion goals.…”

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Dieting and smoking initiation in early adolescent girls and boys: a prospective study

Austin

Gortmaker²

2001

Am J Public Health

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OBJECTIVES: This analysis tested the relation between dieting frequency and risk of smoking initiation in a longitudinal sample of adolescents. METHODS: From 1995 to 1997, 1295 middle school girls and boys participated in a nutrition and physical activity intervention study. The prospective association between dieting frequency at baseline and smoking initiation 2 years later was tested. RESULTS: Compared with girls who reported no dieting at baseline, girls who dieted up to once per week had 2 times the adjusted odds of becoming smokers (odds ratio = 2.0; 95% confidence interval = 1.1, 3.5), and girls who dieted more often had 4 times the adjusted odds of becoming smokers (odds ratio = 3.9; 95% confidence interval = 1.5, 10.4). CONCLUSIONS: Dieting among girls may exacerbate risk of initiating smoking, with increasing risk with greater dieting frequency.

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Eating attitudes, health-risk behaviors, self-esteem, and anxiety among adolescent females in a suburban high school

Cited by 129 publications

References 34 publications

Relationship between Disturbed Eating Behavior and Other Psychosomatic Symptoms in Adolescents

Relationship between Disturbed Eating Behavior and Other Psychosomatic Symptoms in Adolescents

Associates of obesity and weight dissatisfaction among Finnish adolescents

Dieting and smoking initiation in early adolescent girls and boys: a prospective study

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