The role of weight status, gender and self-esteem in following a diet among middle-school children in Sicily (Italy)

Ferrante, Margherita; Sciacca, Gina E; Leon, Luca; Sciacca, Salvatore; Castaing, Marine; Modonutti, Gianbattista

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-10-241

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“…Like ours, most of the reports that found significant negative associations, the outcomes were different for boys and girls. Gender differences in health behaviors relating to obesity have been documented in other studies [23, 25, 26]. These results may be due to the differences in physiological responses or gender role expectation in the society for boys and girls [27–29].…”

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Computer Game Use and Television Viewing Increased Risk for Overweight among Low Activity Girls: Fourth Thai National Health Examination Survey 2008-2009

Mo-suwan

Nontarak

Aekplakorn

et al. 2014

International Journal of Pediatrics

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Studies of the relationship between sedentary behaviors and overweight among children and adolescents show mixed results. The fourth Thai National Health Examination Survey data collected between 2008 and 2009 were used to explore this association in 5,999 children aged 6 to 14 years. The prevalence of overweight defined by the age- and gender-specific body mass index cut-points of the International Obesity Task Force was 16%. Using multiple logistic regression, computer game use for more than 1 hour a day was found to be associated with an increased risk of overweight (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 1.4; 95% confidence interval: 1.02–1.93). The effect of computer game use and TV viewing on the risk for overweight was significantly pronounced among girls who spent ≤3 days/week in 60 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity (AOR = 1.99 and 1.72, resp.). On the contrary, these sedentary behaviors did not exert significant risk for overweight among boys. The moderating effect on risk of overweight by physical inactivity and media use should be taken into consideration in designing the interventions for overweight control in children and adolescents. Tracking societal changes is essential for identification of potential areas for targeted interventions.

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confidence: 74%

Computer Game Use and Television Viewing Increased Risk for Overweight among Low Activity Girls: Fourth Thai National Health Examination Survey 2008-2009

Mo-suwan

Nontarak

Aekplakorn

et al. 2014

International Journal of Pediatrics

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“…A review of published studies that assessed the weight status of 13-year-old adolescents in Europe, all of which used the IOTF criteria, is presented in Table 3 [27], [28], [29], [30], [31], [32], [33], [34], [35], [36], [37], [38], [39], [40], [41], [42], [43], [44], [45], [46], [47], [48], [49], [50], [51], [52]. With regards to underweight, girls were mostly affected.…”

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“…Girls from Bulgaria exhibited a two-fold [27] or even a three-fold [28] higher prevalence than that recorded in Greece. Girls from the FYROM [33] showed a high prevalence of underweight (6.9%), whereas in Italy the prevalence ranged from 9.6 to 11.4% [39], [40]. In boys, underweight did not seem to be a major issue because the prevalence was low (3.1%), similar to that reported for boys from the FYROM [33] and Spain [50] and lower than that reported for 13-year-olds from Bulgaria [27] and Croatia [29].…”

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Regional differences in the prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity among 13-year-old adolescents in Greece

Poulimeneas

Grammatikopoulou

Dimitrakopoulos

et al. 2016

International Journal of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

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Background and objectivesTo assess regional differences in the weight status and abdominal obesity among 13-year-old Greek adolescents.Design and settingCross-sectional, nationwide study in Greece.Patients and methodsA representative sample of 4833 13-year-old adolescents (50.7% boys) was recruited throughout the nine regional districts of Greece from 2010 to 2012. Basic anthropometry measurements (weight, height, and waist circumference) were obtained. Abdominal obesity and weight status were assessed according to the International Obesity Task Force criteria.ResultsThe majority of the sample had a healthy body weight (60.3%), 4.1% were underweight, 27.2% were overweight, and 8.5% were obese. For boys, the highest prevalence of underweight was recorded in Epirus, normal body weight on the Ionian Islands, overweight in Central Greece and Macedonia, and obesity on the Ionian Islands. Among girls, the highest underweight prevalence was on the Ionian Islands, normal body weight in Macedonia, overweight in Central Greece and Macedonia, and obesity in Crete. Abdominal obesity affected 12.9% of the sample, with the greatest prevalence among Cretan boys and Thracian girls. Additionally, residing on the Greek islands was associated with a higher prevalence of central adiposity.ConclusionGreek 13-year-old adolescents who are subjected to geographical changes exhibit high obesity and abdominal obesity rates. This study provides evidence to design regionally tailored interventions that aim to tackle and prevent the disease among the nine regional districts in Greece.

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“…This higher rate of exercise could depict the difference between male's and female's ideal body image with males preferring muscular constitution [14]. Tendency to exercise among underweight males may represent dissatisfaction with their weight and shape and desire for lean muscular body prominent in Western societies [15].…”

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Perception of body image and tendencies of eating behaviour among adolescents

Karaliene¹,

Kostecka²,

Germaniene³

2017

Health Prim Car

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate attitude to body image and compare sex and body mass index differences in body perception among schoolchildren of 7-10 grades in Lithuania.Method: Data was obtained from 3248 adolescents (mean age = 14.83 (SD = 1.28), 49.5% male) who fully completed self-report questionnaires. Participants were grouped and subsequently analyzed according to their body mass index and sex. Results:Tendencies among males and females were analyzed. Overall 39.6% of the female and 11.8% of male adolescents wanted a thinner body. More females than males replied that they have tried dieting, wished to become thinner, were afraid of becoming fat or even of gaining a small amount of weight and felt not able to control their eating. However, more males answered exercising to control weight, consuming large amounts of food at once and inducing vomiting after meal. Discussion:Findings suggest the importance of addressing aspects of negative body image, associated with different BMI categories, gender differences and disordered eating behavior in clinical settings and public health policies. Perception of body image and tendencies of eating behavior among adolescentsNowadays conducted studies often show that adolescents' body image is distorted [1,2]. Teenagers, especially females, are increasingly getting more and more anxious about their constitution with their concerns culminating in weight-control behavior modifications. Throughout history and cultures changing beauty concept with people who are willing or forcifully coerced into applying measures needed to achieve 'ideal' figure, which range from self-denied body of ascetic to much more curvy body desired in the times of hardship [3] finally body image is seemingly stopped by embodiment of Barbie and Ken. It is the message that 'thin is good' and 'fat is bad' which deviates people from normalised view of eating behaviour and body image.Body image notion is defined as body shape, weight and other appearance-related attributes or as perception of information about inner self. Body image depicts accuracy of body perception and degree of satisfaction or dissatisfaction with it [4]. With body image able to affect social relationships and cognitive processes [5,6] and therefore to influence subsequent life it is important to find the prevalence and nature of weight-control measures and body image's perception, especially among young people.Adolescence is a critical period of life with dramatic body changes [7]. Now when more and more people think that person is beautiful, attractive and healthy only if he/she is slender and being fat is considered abominable causing fear of becoming overweight, adolescents begin to think that normal puberty is uniform with loss of weight control -in their view teenagers with normal feminine/ masculine body shape are obese, ugly, lazy loser's incapable of self-control. Body dissatisfaction leads to negative health consequences, increased risk of obesity and usage of inappropriate methods of weigh...

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The role of weight status, gender and self-esteem in following a diet among middle-school children in Sicily (Italy)

Cited by 9 publications

References 33 publications

Computer Game Use and Television Viewing Increased Risk for Overweight among Low Activity Girls: Fourth Thai National Health Examination Survey 2008-2009

Computer Game Use and Television Viewing Increased Risk for Overweight among Low Activity Girls: Fourth Thai National Health Examination Survey 2008-2009

Regional differences in the prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity among 13-year-old adolescents in Greece

Perception of body image and tendencies of eating behaviour among adolescents

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