Eating Attitudes Test in Boys and Girls Aged 6–18 Years: Decrease in Concerns with Eating in Boys and the Increase in Girls with Their Ages

Ohzeki, Takehiko; Otahara, Hiroko; Hanaki, Keiichi; Motozumi, Hiroko; Shiraki, Kazuo

doi:10.1159/000284810

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“…It is demonstrated that fear of obesi ty may be found before puberty as well as in adolescent girls. The results are consistent with the proposal that weight phobia is not always necessary for a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa and rather related with culture [8] and also with the previous studies [17,18] that the desire for thinness was found in girls without anorexia nervosa. Eating behavior and its derangement in prepubertal girls seem similar, but not identical, to those in adoles cents.…”

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“…How ever, distorted body image does not seem the sole cause of eating disorder because the dis tortion is also found in many normal-weight girls without anorexia nervosa [4,12,13,[16][17][18], In addition, cases of nonweight-phobic anorexia nervosa were demonstrated [8], It is proposed that other factors, such as maturational conflict or changes in hormonal secre tion which occur in the pubertal period, prob ably contribute to the onset of eating disor ders in adolescent girls [24,[26][27][28].…”

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“…It has been reported that a number of girls have a disturbed body image in the adolescent period [12], which may contribute, at least partly, to abnormal eating attitudes [1,2,4,13,14], Moreover, recent reports have shown that prepubertal girls tend to have a desire to be thinner more frequently than boys [15][16][17][18], Weight phobia does not seem to be the spe cific feature of anorexia nervosa [8], but rath er appears to be generally found.…”

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Excessive Food Aversion, Compulsive Exercise and Decreased Height Gain Due to Fear of Obesity in a Prepubertal Girl

Ohzeki

Tachikawa²,

Tanimoto³

et al. 1994

Psychother Psychosom

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A case of a 7-year-old girl with a remarkable food aversion and excessive weight reduction caused by fear of obesity, which has been demonstrated in pubertal girls with symptoms partly similar to anorexia nervosa, is reported. Although the patient’s weight was reduced to the upper limits of the normal range with diet and exercise, she reduced her food intake more strictly and did not at all eat food consisting of carbohydrates. Exercise was performed longer than before. Her weight continued to decrease and height velocity lowered from 6.0 to 4.1 cm/ year (mean ± SD of the age-matched normal girls: 5.5 ± 0.74 cm/year). Her eating behavior was normalized without specific psychotherapy for anorexia nervosa. It is suggested that food aversion with weight loss and decrease in height gain due to fear of obesity may occur in prepubertal children as well as in adolescent girls.

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Excessive Food Aversion, Compulsive Exercise and Decreased Height Gain Due to Fear of Obesity in a Prepubertal Girl

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Tanimoto³

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“…In contrast, boys are socialized to understand their bodies as agentic and admired by others based on how they function (Smolak, 2003). It follows then that men may focus more on physical fitness and exercise (i.e., behaviors regarded as healthy, except in extreme cases such as steroid use) if they are dissatisfied with their appearance, and they may be less likely than women to diet (Fox, Page, Armstrong, & Kirby, 1994;Grogan & Richards, 2002;McCabe & Ricciardelli, 2001;Ohzeki, Otahara, Hanaki, Motozumi, & Shiraki, 1993). Boys and men have been found to describe "getting fat" as something important to avoid, yet they believe that avoiding it is within their control (Grogan & Richards, 2002).…”

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Relations Between Body Image and Dieting Behaviors: An Examination of Gender Differences

Markey

2005

Sex Roles

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Although links between body image and dieting behaviors have been established among women, little research is available to elucidate relations between these constructs among men. In the present study, we examined relations between men's and women's body image and healthy and unhealthy dieting behaviors. Two hundred and eight participants' (104 men, mean age = 25.88 years; 104 women, mean age = 23.87 years) body perceptions and body satisfaction were assessed using the Contour Drawing Rating Scale. Participants' dieting behaviors were assessed using the Weight Control Behavior Scale and weight status was assessed using body mass index (BMI). Analyses of relations among BMI, body satisfaction, and healthy dieting behaviors revealed a predictable pattern for both men and women; BMI was inversely related to body satisfaction and was positively related to healthy dieting behaviors. Body satisfaction was inversely related to both men's and women's healthy and unhealthy dieting behaviors. Further analyses of the relations between men's and women's body image and unhealthy dieting behaviors suggest different motives for men's and women's participation in these potentially health-compromising weight-management techniques. Results are discussed in terms of their contribution to researchers' understanding of the gendered nature of body image and dieting behaviors.KEY WORDS: body image; dieting; body satisfaction; men; women.Body dissatisfaction and dieting behaviors are conceptualized as normative among adolescent girls and women. However, little research is available to elucidate associations between body image and dieting behaviors among men. An understanding of body image among both men and women is important given reports of the prevalence of people affected by body dissatisfaction and the psychological distress associated with body dissatisfaction

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“…As males and females approach adolescence, females are more likely to diet and males appear less likely to diet (Ohzeki et al, 1993). This is primarily because dieting takes males away from their ideal body stereotype, which is more muscular, whereas the female body stereotype is very slim.…”

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Body image and body change techniques among young adolescent boys

McCabe

Ricciardelli

2001

Euro Eating Disorders Rev

128

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The aim of the present study was to examine the level of body image disturbance among adolescent boys and to determine how body image disturbance was related to body change techniques. Twenty boys from year 7 (mean age12.55 years, SD0.61) and 20 boys from year 9 (mean age14.85 years, SD0.59) were interviewed individually about their body image and body change strategies. The boys were questioned about the importance and their satisfaction with their weight, body size, body shape, muscle tone and parts of their body and the frequency with which they used the following techniques: eating less to lose weight, eating more to gain weight, and exercise to change body size, shape or muscle tone. The results demonstrated that of those boys who wanted to change their body (50 per cent), 12 wanted to lose weight and eight wanted to gain weight. The most frequent strategy used to change body size or shape was exercise, rather than changing eating patterns. Year 7 boys were more satis®ed with their weight than year 9 boys, and boys with a larger body mass index (BMI) were less satis®ed with their muscle tone and more likely to change their eating habits to decrease their body size or shape than boys with a smaller BMI. The implications of these ®ndings for obtaining a better understanding of how male body image and body change strategies are different from girls are discussed.

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Eating Attitudes Test in Boys and Girls Aged 6–18 Years: Decrease in Concerns with Eating in Boys and the Increase in Girls with Their Ages

Cited by 21 publications

References 16 publications

Excessive Food Aversion, Compulsive Exercise and Decreased Height Gain Due to Fear of Obesity in a Prepubertal Girl

Excessive Food Aversion, Compulsive Exercise and Decreased Height Gain Due to Fear of Obesity in a Prepubertal Girl

Relations Between Body Image and Dieting Behaviors: An Examination of Gender Differences

Body image and body change techniques among young adolescent boys

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