The Development of Associations Among Body Mass Index, Body Dissatisfaction, and Weight and Shape Concern in Adolescent Boys and Girls

Calzo, Jerel P.; Sonneville, Kendrin R.; Haines, Jess; Blood, Emily A.; Field, Alison E.; Austin, S. Bryn

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.02.021

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“…Another relevant aspect emerging from this study is that the risk of becoming underweight is also an important consideration, especially in the European population and particularly among girls. The different tendency of the two sexes to become underweight may be linked to a different perception of one's body image [37,38]. Gualdi-Russo et al [38], using the sample population from the same geographical area as the present study, reported that both sexes desired a thinner body image, with a higher degree of dissatisfaction among girls than boys.…”

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confidence: 52%

Tracking of weight status and body fatness in Italian children

2013

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The prevalence of weight disorders among school-aged children is an increasing phenomenon and it is of great importance to identify the characteristics of individuals at risk of gaining or retaining weight. This study aimed to examine the prevalence of weight disorders and their tracking over a 3-year period in a sample of Italian children. Body mass, body height and selected skinfold thicknesses were assessed in 355 children at the age of 7 and 10 years. Tracking of body mass index (BMI), inverted BMI (iBMI) and skinfold-based body fat were analyzed and the relationships between changes in BMI and body fat were examined. Children presenting with overweight or obesity at 7 years old showed a trend toward lower weight categories at 10 years old. Conversely, a trend to become overweight was observed among normal weight boys, and a trend to become underweight was observed among normal weight girls. BMI, iBMI and body fat showed good levels of tracking, with high correlations between measurements performed at 7 and 10 years of age. Furthermore, BMI and iBMI changes were correlated to body fatness changes. The present study shows the importance of carefully following children's development over time because weight disorders may appear even in previously normal weight children.

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Tracking of weight status and body fatness in Italian children

2013

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“…Longitudinal studies investigating the course of disordered eating from adolescence to young adulthood in the community are limited in number and have yielded heterogeneous results, most likely due to relatively small sample sizes, different study designs or selection of patients. Whilst several recent studies have demonstrated that ED and eating-disordered behaviour are stable from early adolescence to young adulthood [9][10][11], other previous studies did not find evidence of continuity of this behaviour in the majority of subjects [12,13]. In the majority of studies, continued eating-disordered behaviour was accompanied by a wide range of psychopathology and the development of obesity [11,12,14].…”

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Eating disorder symptoms do not just disappear: the implications of adolescent eating-disordered behaviour for body weight and mental health in young adulthood

Herpertz‐Dahlmann

Dempfle

Konrad

et al. 2014

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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This study reports the outcomes of childhood and adolescent eating-disordered behaviour on the development of body mass index (BMI) and psychological functioning in young adulthood in a population-based sample in Germany (the BELLA study). Information at baseline and follow-up was obtained through a telephone interview and mailed self-report questionnaires. At both measurement points, BMI, eating disorder symptoms (SCOFF questionnaire), and symptoms of depression and anxiety were assessed in the same cohort of 771 participants (n = 420 females, n = 351 males). The age range at baseline was 11-17 years, and the age range at follow-up was 17-23 years. High scores for eating-disordered behaviour in childhood or adolescence significantly predicted eating-disordered behaviour in young adulthood (multiplicative effect estimate: 1.31; 95 % CI: 1.2-1.42, p < 0.0001), although there was a decline in prevalence (from 19.3 to 13.8 %, p = 0.002) and severity (mean decrease in SCOFF 0.07, 95 % CI: -0.01-0.14, p = 0.06). After accounting for potentially confounding variables at baseline (SES, probands' BMI, parental BMI, depressive symptoms), participants with more eating disorder symptoms at baseline had a higher risk of developing overweight (odds ratio (OR): 1.58; 95 % CI: 1.19-2.09, p = 0.001), obesity (OR = 1.67; 95 % CI: 1.03-2.66, p = 0.03), and depressive symptoms at follow-up (additive effect estimate: 0.45; 95 %CI: 0.19-0.7, p = 0.0006). Early symptoms of depression showed a significant relationship with extreme underweight in young adulthood (OR = 1.13; 95 %CI: 1.01-1.25, p = 0.02). The high stability of eating disorder symptoms and the significant association with overweight and worse mental health in adulthood underscore the need for early detection and intervention during childhood and adolescence. Youth with depression should be monitored for the development of restrictive eating disorders.

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“…Most qualitative studies have described adolescents/adults’ experiences of obesity and body-image, and also adolescents’ perception of their body appearance and obesity and the same perception or views by the mothers/parents (Calzo et al, 2012; Lindelof et al, 2010; McCabe et al, 2011; Peyman et al, 2012; Pope et al, 2014; Sand, Emaus, & Lian, 2015; Shrewsbury et al, 2010; Spiller, 2009; Watt & Ricciardelli, 2012; Wills et al, 2006); also, a small number of studies have addressed the issue of height (Pope et al, 2014; Watt & Ricciardelli, 2012; Wills et al, 2006). The present study attempted to conduct a qualitative inquiry to understand the dimensions of an adolescent’s height/weight growth-based concerns among Iranian parents’ perspectives.…”

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Parents’ concerns regarding the growth characteristics of their adolescents: a qualitative inquiry in Iran

Cheraghi

Rezasoltani

Vedadhir

et al. 2018

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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In recent times, parents have become increasingly concerned, both subjectively and objectively, about their adolescents' body height/weight growth. Parent-adolescent interactions about this issue and the potential socio-psychological consequences of such interactions should be considered as an important influencing factor on the future of adolescents' sexual and reproductive health. To achieve a greater understanding of such concerns, it is necessary to further elucidate parents' experiences on this topic, so as to expand the existing literature. This study aimed to explain the perceptions of parents' concerns regarding their adolescents' growth characteristics in the socio-cultural context of Iran as a transitional society. This paper is part of a larger qualitative study designed using the Constructivist Grounded Theory Methodology (CGTM). We conducted open-ended intensive interviews with eleven parents individually and recruited them through purposeful and theoretical sampling from a teaching hospital, community, and a primary school in Tehran with theoretical sampling variation in terms of teenagers' age, sex, and birth order, place of residence, parents' occupation and education, and the self-reported socio-economic status. Using the analytical procedures of the CGTM, we performed analyses. In the findings, the concept of 'living with constant sense of uncertainty' emerged from the subcategories including 'feeling existing and potential concern about expected minimum and maximum bio-positions of growth,' 'feeling potential concern about biological health consequences,' 'feeling potential concern about the emergence of early/late maturity signs,' 'feeling potential concern about adolescent's emotional threat,' 'feeling concerned about future employment, education, marriage, and fertility,' and 'feeling potential concern about the society's view'. These findings suggest that parents are living with a constant sense of uncertainty about their teens' growth characteristics throughout the transition from adolescence. All stakeholders including parents, health-care practitioners and policymakers, and anthropologists/sociologists should be focus on such concerns, in order to manage them and their possible socio-psychological burdens.

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The Development of Associations Among Body Mass Index, Body Dissatisfaction, and Weight and Shape Concern in Adolescent Boys and Girls

Cited by 229 publications

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Tracking of weight status and body fatness in Italian children

Tracking of weight status and body fatness in Italian children

Eating disorder symptoms do not just disappear: the implications of adolescent eating-disordered behaviour for body weight and mental health in young adulthood

Parents’ concerns regarding the growth characteristics of their adolescents: a qualitative inquiry in Iran

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