Nutrition knowledge and body-image satisfaction of female adolescents

Searles, Robin H.; Terry, Rhonda Dale; Amos, Rosalie J.

doi:10.1016/s0022-3182(86)80203-5

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“…Because of poor eating habits among many adolescents, this research project has attempted to find some explanation for adolescents' eating habits by exploring what relationships exist between nutrition knowledge and eating behavior. Since the public percep-tion is that females are more concerned about their appearance, and consequently are more concious about their food choices, some studies have considered only girls' eating patterns (Searles et al, 1986). Factors that could influence an adolescent's food choices are: nutrition knowledge, physiological needs, body image, food preferences, parental practices, peers, media, social norms, fast foods, and personal experiences (St Pierr & Resmovic, 1982;Johnson & Johnson, 1985;Schwartz, 1985;Shannon & Chen, 1988;Farthing, 1991;Pirouznia, 1995).…”

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The association between nutrition knowledge and eating behavior in male and female adolescents in the US

Pirouznia¹

2001

International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

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Some factors that could influence adolescent eating behavior include: peer influences, nutrition knowledge and beliefs, mass media, and parental dietary habits. The purpose of this study was to examine the correlation of nutrition knowledge and eating behavior of a sample of middle school children. The participants were 532 students in the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades between the ages of 11 and 13 from Shawnee Middle School in Lima, Ohio. The students were asked to answer a questionnaire, CANKAP (Comprehensive Assessment of Nutrition Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices), which measured their nutrition knowledge and eating behavior. The CANKAP questionnaire consisted of 30 questions for sixth-grade students and 35 questions for seventh and eighth-grade students. Also, the participants were asked to identify their gender. The findings indicated that females had higher mean nutrition knowledge scores than boys in the seventh and eighth grades. There was no correlation between nutrition knowledge and food choices in the sixth-grade male or female students. However, there was a correlation between nutrition knowledge and food choices for girls in the seventh and eighth grades. In addition there was a correlation between nutrition knowledge and food choices for boys in the seventh and eighth grades.

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The association between nutrition knowledge and eating behavior in male and female adolescents in the US

Pirouznia¹

2001

International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

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“…1983) have neither utilized site-specific information obtained in the attitude measurements nor compared attitudinal scores with physical measurements. Where physique has been measured (Striegel-Moore, McAvay, & Rodin, 1986;Searles, Terry, & Amos, 1986), weight or percent overweight is used as a surrogate variable for fatness, visual mass, or regional shape such as hip or waist circumference. Thus, while body dissatisfaction clearly is related to both perceived and actual physique, and can be operationalized with high intra-scale reliability, we remain uncertain about the relative contribution of anatomical referent to individual components of the attitude we call body dissatisfaction.…”

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Relationships between body dissatisfaction and physical measurements

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Int. J. Eat. Disord.

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Relationships among components of the Body Dissatisfaction (BD) subscale, Body Mass Index (BMl), and relevant anthropometric measurements, including waist and hip circumference and abdominal skinfold were examined in 127 freshman and sophomore women. With one exception, Spearman's rank order correlations between questions on the BD subscale and anthropometric measurements of body parts were all significant at p <.05. These correlations were strongest between BD components and their anatomic referents. When corrected for body fatness, only the relationship between lower trunk and relevant questions from the BD subscale remained significant. In an ANCOVAR design, with hip circumference as the independent variable, BMl as the adjusted covariate, and dissatisfaction with hip size as the dependent variable, main effects were highly significant (F = 11.7, p <.001).

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“…Researchers have shown that thinness is promoted in our society as the preferred standard of appearance for females (Garner et al, 1980;Guillen & Barr, 1994;Silverstein et al, 1986). Adolescent females have been shown to be particularly susceptible to this standard because appearance is the major determinant of social acceptance and identity during adolescence (Zakin, Blyth, & Simmons, 1984;Searles et al, 1986;Prokhorov, Perry, Kelder, & Klepp, 1993). Some researchers have found higher rates of body image dissatisfaction, dieting behavior, and eating disorders among adolescent females compared to the rest of the population, and have attributed these findings to adolescent females' greater susceptibility to cultural pressures for thinness (Collins, 1988;Mueller et al, 1995;Searles et al, 1986).…”

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“…Concerns about weight and diet are often cited as evidence of cultural pressures for thinness in female adolescents (Lundholm & Littrell, 1986;McBride, 1986;Searles, Terry & Amos, 1986). Evidence indicates, however, that female adolescents are receiving the message about health as well; and in some cases concerns about diet and weight are motivated by health concerns instead of or in addition to concerns about thinness (Nichter, Ritenbaugh, Nichter, Vuckovic, & Aiken, 1995).…”

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Desire for thinness and desire for health in eighteen and nineteen-year-old females

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and time in serving on my committee. Although he was not on my research committee, Dr. Zafar Nomani still gave graciously of his time and knowledge in statistical analysis. Dr. Nomani has been an unfailing source of support and encouragement to me during my years in the Family and Consumer Sciences nutrition program, and I have enjoyed his personal anecdotes as much as his scientific expertise. The greatest pleasure I have had during my tenure as a student has been the experience of learning from and working with Dr. Mary Head, my major professor. Dr. Head's standards of excellence, her superb teaching, her professional and personal support, and her warmth have impressed, inspired, and sustained me greatly. I offer her a heartfelt thanks for a wonderfully satisfying academic experience. iii

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Nutrition knowledge and body-image satisfaction of female adolescents

Cited by 17 publications

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The association between nutrition knowledge and eating behavior in male and female adolescents in the US

The association between nutrition knowledge and eating behavior in male and female adolescents in the US

Relationships between body dissatisfaction and physical measurements

Desire for thinness and desire for health in eighteen and nineteen-year-old females

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