Children with obesity: peer influence as a predictor of body dissatisfaction

Amaya-Hernández, Adriana; Ortega-Luyando, Mayaro; Bautista-Díaz, María Leticia; Álvarez-Rayón, Georgina; Díaz, Juan Manuel Mancilla

doi:10.1007/s40519-017-0374-0

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“…The present study investigated the role of weight-based teasing episodes in the classroom in relation to body dissatisfaction and eating restraint in middle childhood. Consistent with previous evidence, personal experiences of weight-based teasing were associated with body dissatisfaction (Amaya-Hernández et al, 2019; Jendrzyca & Warschburger, 2016; Juvonen et al, 2017; Kostanski & Gullone, 2007; Rosewall et al, 2018; Sinton et al, 2012), on the one hand, and eating restraint (Eddy et al, 2007; Gardner et al, 2000; Madowitz et al, 2012; Rosewall et al, 2018), on the other. Moreover, weight-based teasing experiences accounted for approximately 19% of the association between BMI and body dissatisfaction, and up to 35% of the link between BMI and eating restraint.…”

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“…Weight-Based Teasing, Body Dissatisfaction, and Eating Restraint: Individual Level Associations Experiences of weight-based stigmatization are associated with body dissatisfaction among European Australian children (Kostanski & Gullone, 2007) and Latino preadolescent girls (Amaya-Hernández et al, 2019), while unhealthy weight control behavior (Madowitz et al, 2012), eating pathology (Eddy et al, 2007), and weight gain (Juvonen et al, 2017) are found to be related to weight-based teasing among American children. In addition, weight-based teasing prospectively predicts body image concerns and mediates the relation between body weight and body dissatisfaction among pre-and early American adolescents (Sinton et al, 2012).…”

Section: Body Dissatisfaction and Eating Restraint In Middle Childhoodmentioning

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Weight-based teasing, body dissatisfaction, and eating restraint: Multilevel investigation among primary schoolchildren.

Guardabassi¹,

Tomasetto²

2022

Health Psychology

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Objective: Weight-based teasing is a form of weight-based stigmatization that is especially prevalent in middle childhood, and is associated with undesired health outcomes, including body dissatisfaction and eating restraint. To date, this relation has been mainly investigated at individual level only. This study aimed to examine whether body dissatisfaction and eating restraint among primary schoolchildren relate not only to personal experiences of weight-based teasing, but also to the prevalence of weight-based teasing episodes in the classroom. Method: A sample of 744 primary schoolchildren (52.04% girls; M age = 9.82 6 .95) from 84 classes completed a survey regarding weight-based teasing, body dissatisfaction and eating restraint. Parent-reported anthropometric data were used to compute standardized Body Mass Index (zBMI). Results: Multilevel structural equation models highlighted that, at the individual level, weight-based teasing is indirectly associated with body dissatisfaction and eating restraint through weight-based teasing. A contextual effect of weight-based teasing at the classroom level also emerged in relation to eating restraint, but not to body dissatisfaction. Specifically, the prevalence of weight-based teasing in the classroom is associated with children's eating restraint-above and beyond personally experienced teasing episodes. Conclusions: Findings showed that weight-based teasing may be negatively associated with health and psychological wellbeing not only among children who experience weight-based teasing episodes, but also among other members of a class in which weight-based teasing is more prevalent. Programs to reduce weight-based stigma in middle childhood should consider the classroom as a primary target of intervention.

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Section: Body Dissatisfaction and Eating Restraint In Middle Childhoodmentioning

confidence: 99%

Weight-based teasing, body dissatisfaction, and eating restraint: Multilevel investigation among primary schoolchildren.

Guardabassi¹,

Tomasetto²

2022

Health Psychology

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“…These results suggest that body dissatisfaction and self-esteem are not only associated during adolescence [e.g., 32] but body dissatisfaction may also have a negative impact on young children' developing self-esteem [17]. Third, children's body dissatisfaction was associated with perceptions of their peers' body dissatisfaction [15,16], suggesting that peers may be significant sources of influence on body satisfaction not only in early adolescence [e.g., 51,52] and adolescence [e.g., 53], but also in preschoolers [15,16]. Fourth, only three studies have analyzed the relationships between body dissatisfaction and diet in preschool children.…”

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A Review of Instruments for Assessing Body Image in Preschoolers

Cuesta-Zamora¹,

Martínez²

2017

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Society has produced many idealized and unattainable standards of beauty. These may be internalized by young children, increasing the risk of body dissatisfaction, which is the strongest predictor of eating disorders. Prompted by this concern, the aim of the present research was to identify and analyze the instruments that have been used to measure body perception and body dissatisfaction in preschoolers. To this end, we reviewed 18 articles published between 2005 and 2017 and retrieved from the PsycINFO and MEDLINE databases. Our results indicated that the instruments used to assess body image comprise silhouette scales, interviews and questionnaires. The results suggest that body dissatisfaction is higher when assessed with silhouette scales compared to questionnaires and interviews in preschoolers. When developing instruments to assess preschoolers' body image, it is important to take their cognitive development into account.

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“…The sample size was calculated by using OpenEpi online software, version 3.01. Considering 67% of prevalence of BID in obese children, 26 at 95% CI (1−α), power as 80%, ratio of controls to cases as 1, the proportion of controls with exposure as 45, and proportion of cases with exposure as 67, the total required sample was 176. Considering a 10% dropout rate, the sample size was rounded off to 100 each in the obese group and the control group (normal weight).…”

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Body Image Dissatisfaction, Depression, and Health-Related Quality of Life Amongst Indian Obese School Children: A Cross-Sectional Study

Pothiraj¹,

Shamal²,

Krishnan³

2022

Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental H

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Background: Obesity is a growing health problem across the globe. Obesity and psychological well-being have been explored in the Indian adolescent and adult population. However, their association has not been explored in Indian obese school children. Aims: The primary objective of this study is, therefore, to analyze body image dissatisfaction (BID), depression, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in obese and normal-weight children and to compare these factors between the 2 groups. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 100 obese and 100 normal-weight children from Mumbai, between 10 and 12 years of age were recruited by simple random technique. The BID was assessed using Stunkard’s Silhouette Figure Rating Scale. Depressive symptoms were evaluated with the Mood and Feelings Questionnaire: Short Version and HRQOL was examined using the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory. The statistical analysis was carried out using SPSS statistical software version 24 (SPSS Inc. Chicago, IL USA). Results: The mean body mass index of the normal-weight children was 15.76 ± 1.4 kg/m 2 and 26.62 ± 3.1 kg/m 2 for obese. All obese children demonstrated BID, 54% were depressed and only 33% demonstrated a very good HRQOL. Intergroup analysis revealed a statistically significant difference in the obese group for BID, depression, and HRQOL, where P < .05. Conclusion: Obese school children are more prone to BID, higher depressive symptoms, and poor HRQOL than normal-weight school children. Thus, it demands a multimodal approach in preventing chronic psychological related problems in obese children.

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Children with obesity: peer influence as a predictor of body dissatisfaction

Abstract: Peer influence predicted body dissatisfaction in children; however, children with obesity assimilate messages from their peers differently compared with children with normal weight.

Cited by 8 publications

References 28 publications

Weight-based teasing, body dissatisfaction, and eating restraint: Multilevel investigation among primary schoolchildren.

Weight-based teasing, body dissatisfaction, and eating restraint: Multilevel investigation among primary schoolchildren.

A Review of Instruments for Assessing Body Image in Preschoolers

Body Image Dissatisfaction, Depression, and Health-Related Quality of Life Amongst Indian Obese School Children: A Cross-Sectional Study

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