On Concern with Appearance, Health Beliefs, and Eating Habits: A Reappraisal Comparing Americans and West Germans

Cockerham, William C.; Kunz, Gerhard; Lueschen, Guenther

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“…Less concern about weight at older ages in the United States has been reported previously. 32,39,40 As expected, those who were more educated were more aware of diet and disease relations and more likely to perceive themselves as following up on their awareness by adhering to a low-fat, high-fiber diet. Whether this reflects greater actual adherence to dietary recommendations cannot be judged from these data.…”

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“…17,24,26,27 International comparisons may provide insight as to how diet and health messages are embraced by target populations in different cultural and nutrition policy contexts. 18,21,22,[28][29][30][31][32] For example, a systematic survey of attitudes and beliefs about food, nutrition, and health in the 15 member states of the European Union found marked cross-national differences in the salience of health as an influence on eating patterns. 28 The proportion of "precontemplators" (individuals who indicated that they had not given consideration to making health behavior changes) also differed across countries.…”

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A comparison of knowledge and attitudes about diet and health among 35- to 75-year-old adults in the United States and Geneva, Switzerland

Girois

Kumanyika²,

Morabia³

et al. 2001

Am J Public Health

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OBJECTIVES: This study compared responses of US and Geneva residents to items on analogous questionnaires concerning knowledge and attitudes about diet and health. METHODS: Comparable data were available from 2 population-based sample surveys: the Cancer Control Supplement of the 1987 National Health Interview Survey and the 1994 Bus Sante 2000 in Geneva, Switzerland. Samples included 10,366 US respondents and 698 Geneva respondents, aged 35 to 74 years. The analysis involved descriptive statistics, contingency tables, and linear regression models. RESULTS: In both the United States and Geneva, health consciousness was greater among women and more highly educated persons than among other groups. Compared with Americans, Genevans assigned more importance to avoiding salt, sugar, and overweight (odds ratio = 1.6, 2.9, and 5.9, respectively) and less importance to lowering cholesterol (odds ratio = 0.6). Genevans were more likely to recognize the relatively high fiber content of lettuce, carrots, and apples. Recognition of low-fat foods was slightly better in the United States. CONCLUSIONS: Knowledge and attitudes differed despite high general diet and health awareness in both populations. Identifying why generally similar dietary guidance messages are embraced to different extents across cultures may facilitate global implementation.

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A comparison of knowledge and attitudes about diet and health among 35- to 75-year-old adults in the United States and Geneva, Switzerland

Girois

Kumanyika²,

Morabia³

et al. 2001

Am J Public Health

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“…Importantly for the present research, men report lower concern with appearance ( Burton et al 1995;Cockerham et al 1988) and lower trait-level self-objectification (Frederick et al 2007;Hebl et al 2004) than do women. Moreover, although men (particularly gay men; Martins et al 2007) can be impacted negatively by situations that elicit a state of self-objectification, they are affected to a lesser degree than are women (Hebl et al 2004).…”

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Others as Objects: How Women and Men Perceive the Consequences of Self-Objectification

2010

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Although the negative psychological impact of self-objectification is well-documented, whether people generally recognize this impact in other people remains unclear. We hypothesized that due to their relatively limited experience with self-objectification, men are less likely than women to perceive its ramifications. In Study 1a, where 132 U.S. undergraduates were induced to perceive a female target as self-objectifying, women saw more negative emotions in her. Study 1b, using a U.S. online sample (N=170), indicated that this difference was not due to participants' own state of self-objectification. In Study 2, when participants (U.S. online sample, N=84) identified with objectified targets, women again reported stronger negative reactions, further supporting our hypothesis. Implications and future directions are discussed.

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“…According to traditions, cultures, and countries, people have different beliefs about the role of food as a means of protecting or promoting health (Dean, 1989;Cockerham et al, 1988). The relationship between eating and other deliberate health protective behaviours has been established (Dean, 1989).…”

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Eating habits, food and health related attitudes and beliefs reported by French students

Bellisle

Koppert³

1997

Eur J Clin Nutr

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Objectives: To assess eating habits and some food related behaviours, beliefs and knowledge in educated young French adults. Design: A standardized questionnaire administered in university classes. Setting: University or 'Grandes Ecoles' of Paris and Dijon. Subjects: 660 male and female French students. Interventions: International survey; questionnaire composed of three major sections: (1) Health-related attitudes such as substances used, dieting, health practices; (2) Beliefs concerning behaviour and health, including eating habits; (3) Knowledge, namely relevance of factors to diseases such as cancer or cardiovascular diseases. Results: Gender, self-perception of body size, BMI and attempts to lose weight affected a number of behaviours. Average BMI corresponded to standard values. 'Healthy' behaviours were often reported such as: avoiding fat and cholesterol, efforts to eat fruit and fiber. The French students showed a low frequency of snacking and a high regularity in having breakfast, especially respondents with lower BMI (females 23 and males 24.5 kg/m 2 ). Beliefs about the importance of behaviours were closely associated with the performance of the behaviours. Awareness of the role of eating factors in cardiovascular diseases was observed. Conclusion:The meal and snack pattern in French students is very close to the traditional model. More foodand health-related behaviours and attitudes are reported by women than men. Some of them could be due to a genuine motivation for prevention and health in females or else to a greater wish to be thin. 'Desire to lose weight' is often reported although BMI values are normally low in this young population. Beliefs in the importance of a behaviour for health are correlated with the reported performance of the behaviours. Sponsorship: Data entry was supported in part through the Commission of the European Communities, Medical and Health Research programme, Concerted Action on Breakdown in Human Adaptation: Quantification of Parameters.

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On Concern with Appearance, Health Beliefs, and Eating Habits: A Reappraisal Comparing Americans and West Germans

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A comparison of knowledge and attitudes about diet and health among 35- to 75-year-old adults in the United States and Geneva, Switzerland

A comparison of knowledge and attitudes about diet and health among 35- to 75-year-old adults in the United States and Geneva, Switzerland

Others as Objects: How Women and Men Perceive the Consequences of Self-Objectification

Eating habits, food and health related attitudes and beliefs reported by French students

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