Adolescent's Subjective Appraisals: Relationships with Body Image and Dieting Attempts
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Background
Current concerns around obesity, physical inactivity, eating disorders and their associated health consequences sustains the need for understanding body image and disordered eating in adolescence.Objectives
The study explored how subjective appraisals of health, familial support, wellbeing and weight are associated with body image and dieting attempts in adolescents.Methods
The study analysed data from a population-representative UK adolescent sample of 3,684 adolescents (aged between 11 and 16) from Understanding Society. Gender-stratified hierarchical and logistic regressions modelled the relationships between the adolescents subjective appraisals of self (health, familial support, wellbeing and weight) and their body image and dieting attempts respectively.Results
Subjective appraisal of being overweight was the strongest and most consistent predictor of poorer body image (Bs = 1.17 to 1.19, P Conclusions
These highlight the importance of incorporating education components addressing wellbeing and family support into current adolescent public health programmes looking to mitigate risks of developing unhealthy weight control behaviours. Keywords:
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English
Published:
International Journal of School Health, Volume:4 Issue: 3, Summer 2017
Page:
7
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