Ethnic differences in BMI and body/self-dissatisfaction among Whites, Asian subgroups, Pacific Islanders, and African-Americans

Yates, Alayne; Edman, Jeanne L.; Aruguete, Mara S.

doi:10.1016/s1054-139x(03)00305-7

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“…Th ere is some evidence to suggest that body weight misperception may be more infl uential than actual weight status in enticing adolescents to practice weight control [21,26,27]. Adolescent girls and boys have diff erent body perceptions and behavior, since girls are more likely than boys to perceive that they are overweight and to be trying to lose weight [28,29]. For many girls, the goal may not be normal weight, but underweight [30].…”

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Body weight perception among high school students and its influence on weight management behaviors in normal weight students: a cross-sectional study

Ursoniu

Putnoky

Vlaicu

2011

Wien Klin Wochenschr

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A significant proportion of normal weight high school students misperceive themselves as overweight and are engaging in unhealthy weight management behaviors. These results should be considered when establishing prevention programs and educational components that address weight misperceptions and the harmful effects of unhealthy weight control methods should be performed even among normal weight adolescents.

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Body weight perception among high school students and its influence on weight management behaviors in normal weight students: a cross-sectional study

Ursoniu

Putnoky

Vlaicu

2011

Wien Klin Wochenschr

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“…Boys are much more likely than girls to desire to be bigger. Boys also have a much larger range of acceptable body types, as some desire to be bigger, others smaller, and others prefer to be the same size as they are (Grogan and Richards 2002;Parks and Read 1997;Yates et al 2004). For girls, one ideal body type predominates; thus, most girls desire to be thinner (Forbes et al 2001;Kim and Kim 2001;Wardle and Marsland 1990;Yates et al 2004).…”

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Gender Differences in the Relationship of Puberty with Adolescents’ Depressive Symptoms: Do Body Perceptions Matter?

Yuan

2007

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This study explored how pubertal status is related to depressive symptoms among adolescent boys and girls and whether body perceptions explained this relationship. This study is based on a national random US sample of adolescents from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (9,011 girls and 8,781 boys). Results showed that boys and girls responded differently to puberty. During the transition to puberty boys had higher depressive symptoms than post-pubertal boys, due to perceptions that they were not as physically large and developed as their peers. Pre-pubertal and post-pubertal boys did not significantly differ on depressive symptoms. Post-pubertal girls had higher depressive symptoms than pre-pubertal girls, due to perceptions that they were overweight and more physically developed than their peers.

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“…In these analyses, we controlled for BMI because much work has shown that individuals with higher BMI's have poorer body image (e.g., Yates, Edman, & Aruguete, 2004). We present the correlations for men and women separately because, as shown in Table 3, there are significant sex differences in body image.…”

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Gender Role Development and Body Image among Male and Female First Year College Students

Gillen

Lefkowitz

2006

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In the current study we examined associations between gender role development and body image. Male and female first-semester college students (N = 434) who identified as African American, Latino/a American, and European American completed surveys about gendered personality traits (instrumentality/expressivity), gender role attitudes, and aspects of body image (e.g., satisfaction, orientation). Gendered traits were more frequently associated with body image than were gender role attitudes. In particular, individuals who were more instrumental and less inauthentic in their relationships felt more positive about their bodies. Gender role attitudes were also associated with body image, but sometimes in an unexpected direction. These findings highlight the importance of examining multiple components of gender role development and body image in both men and women.

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Ethnic differences in BMI and body/self-dissatisfaction among Whites, Asian subgroups, Pacific Islanders, and African-Americans

Abstract: Combining various ethnic groups under a single "Asian" category obscures important group differences. Study clearly demonstrates Asian ethnic subgroup differences in BMI and body/self dissatisfaction.

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Body weight perception among high school students and its influence on weight management behaviors in normal weight students: a cross-sectional study

Body weight perception among high school students and its influence on weight management behaviors in normal weight students: a cross-sectional study

Gender Differences in the Relationship of Puberty with Adolescents’ Depressive Symptoms: Do Body Perceptions Matter?

Gender Role Development and Body Image among Male and Female First Year College Students

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