Eating behaviours and attitudes following prolonged exposure to television among ethnic Fijian adolescent girls

Becker, Anne E.; Burwell, Rebecca A.; Herzog, David B.; Hamburg, Paul; Gilman, Stephen E.

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“…We also observed that TV viewing was common in young generations. Becker et al (2002) investigated the effect of the primary introduction of TV among adolescents in a Fijian community and the consequent effect of TV viewing on traditional body aesthetic ideals. The major findings, which could be transposed to an urban Gambian setting, suggest that TV viewing quickly spreads western ideals and globalization creating an intergenerational conflict and 'hybrid identities' of young generations into the dominant culture.…”

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Urbanization and obesity in The Gambia: a country in the early stages of the demographic transition

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Objective: To investigate the distribution of overweight and obesity and its relationship with socio-economic and behavioural factors in a developing-country population undergoing rapid nutritional transition. Design: Cross-sectional house-to-house survey in urban Gambia. Subjects: Four groups of 50 subjects were sampled as follows: young men (YM, 14-25 years), young women (YW, 14-25 years), older men (OM, 35-50 years) and older women (OW,(35)(36)(37)(38)(39)(40)(41)(42)(43)(44)(45)(46)(47)(48)(49)(50). Measurements: Several socio-economic and behavioural factors were investigated. Composite indices for socio-economic status, education, healthy lifestyle and western influences were created. Body weight, height, waist and hip circumferences were measured and body mass index (BMI) was calculated. Body composition was assessed by leg-to-leg bioimpedance. Overweight was defined as BMI ¼ 25.0-29.9 kg/m 2 and obesity as BMIX30.0 kg/m 2 . Results: There were highly significant gender and age differences in overweight (YM ¼ 0%, YW ¼ 10%, OM ¼ 6% and OW ¼ 34%) and obesity (YM ¼ 0%, YW ¼ 4%, OM ¼ 6% and OW ¼ 50%). Only 16% of OW were neither overweight nor obese compared to 88% of OM. OW had a higher fat mass percent (38.4%) than other groups, while fat-free mass (kg) was significantly higher in males than females with YW having the lowest value. Young generations were more educated and more influenced by western ideals than OM and OW. Weight gain was not always associated with weight concern and many overweight/obese subjects did not perceive themselves as overweight. Conclusion: Social and behavioural changes are already creating a perceptible 'generational gap' among this population undergoing rapid transition. The improved education and current lean status of the younger adults offers opportunities for preventative interventions. These need to be specially targeted at women.

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“…These results also suggest that it may be useful to distinguish between personal assimilation to changing cultural values and being situated in an acculturated milieu for future studies of the impact of acculturation on disordered eating and body image. Although previous research has suggested that intergenerational conflict may be associated with greater risk for disordered eating, 13,42,47 we could not identify studies that specifically investigated the impact of personal assimilation to a new cultural environment versus being situated in an acculturated milieu.…”

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“…Recruitment of these cohorts and data collection have been described elsewhere. 13,32 Procedure and Assessments Data available from both cohorts included demographic information, height and weight, as well as responses to the Questionnaire on Eating and Weight Patterns-Revised (QEWP-R; see Refs. [33][34][35][36] and to a selfreport measure developed for an ethnic Fijian population that included items relating to body shape concern, eating attitudes, and adherence to traditional Fijian cultural values and practices.…”

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“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] Potential mediators between social change and risk for disordered eating are incompletely understood. They include a new relative abundance of food, 7 greater exposure to mass media, 13 and acculturation. Acculturation may promote risk for disordered eating in two key ways.…”

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“…13 One causal mechanism for this is suggested by narrative data that link television exposure to revision of body ideals and body shape concern. 29 Other research from Fiji supports an increase in body dissatisfaction over time as well, 30 but the specific impact of acculturation on body shape concern has not yet been explored with quantitative data in this population.…”

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Facets of acculturation and their diverse relations to body shape concern in Fiji

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Objective: The present study examines the relation between acculturation and body shape concern in Fiji-a society undergoing rapid social change.Method: Data were from two cohorts of ethnic Fijian girls and women collected in 1998 (n ¼ 115). A factor analysis was performed to identify dimensions of acculturation. The association of these with body shape concern was examined with linear regression.Results: Three dimensions of acculturation were identified. Multiple linear regression models demonstrated that each of these dimensions of acculturation had a unique relation to body shape concern.The adjusted R 2 for the fully adjusted model relating acculturation to body concern was 0.63, indicating a substantial degree of shared variation between measures of body shape concern and measures of acculturation.Conclusion: Acculturation may have a strong impact on body shape concern in Fiji. However, acculturation is a multidimensional construct and does not likely have a monolithic relation to body shape concern. V

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Association Between Media Use in Adolescence and Depression in Young Adulthood

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Context Although certain media exposures have been linked to the presence of psychiatric conditions, few studies have investigated the association between media exposure and depression. Objective To assess the longitudinal association between media exposure in adolescence and depression in young adulthood in a nationally representative sample. Design Longitudinal cohort study. Setting and Participants We used the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health (Add Health) to investigate the relationship between electronic media exposure in 4142 adolescents who were not depressed at baseline and subsequent development of depression after 7 years of follow-up. Main Outcome Measure Depression at follow-up assessed using the 9-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies–Depression Scale. Results Of the 4142 participants (47.5% female and 67.0% white) who were not depressed at baseline and who underwent follow-up assessment, 308 (7.4%) reported symptoms consistent with depression at follow-up. Controlling for all covariates including baseline Center for Epidemiologic Studies–Depression Scale score, those reporting more television use had significantly greater odds of developing depression (odds ratio [95% confidence interval], 1.08 [1.01-1.16]) for each additional hour of daily television use. In addition, those reporting more total media exposure had significantly greater odds of developing depression (1.05 [1.0004-1.10]) for each additional hour of daily use. We did not find a consistent relationship between development of depressive symptoms and exposure to videocassettes, computer games, or radio. Compared with young men, young women were less likely to develop depression given the same total media exposure (odds ratio for interaction term, 0.93 [0.88-0.99]). Conclusion Television exposure and total media exposure in adolescence are associated with increased odds of depressive symptoms in young adulthood, especially in young men.

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Eating behaviours and attitudes following prolonged exposure to television among ethnic Fijian adolescent girls

Abstract: This naturalistic experiment suggests a negative impact of television upon disordered eating attitudes and behaviours in a media-naïve population.

Cited by 518 publications

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Urbanization and obesity in The Gambia: a country in the early stages of the demographic transition

Urbanization and obesity in The Gambia: a country in the early stages of the demographic transition

Facets of acculturation and their diverse relations to body shape concern in Fiji

Association Between Media Use in Adolescence and Depression in Young Adulthood

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