Weight Perceptions and Weight Control Practices in American Indian and Alaska Native Adolescents

Story, Mary; Hauck, Fern R.; Broussard, Brenda A.; White, Linda; Resnick, Michael D.; Blum, Robert W.

doi:10.1001/archpedi.1994.02170060021003

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“…In the Indian Adolescent Health Survey almost half of the teenage girls had been on a weight loss diet in the past year, with 27% reporting they had selfinduced vomiting, II % reporting diet pill use, and < I% reporting use of laxatives or diuretics to lose weight (5). Other studies have also shown that unhealthy weight control practices were common among American Indian adolescents and adults (5,(20)(21)(22).…”

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“…The few studies with American Indian youth have focused only on adolescents, and all have indicated that eating disturbances, weight dissatisfaction, and unhealthy weight loss practices are common (5,17,(19)(20)(21)(22)(23). The Indian Adolescent Health Survey, with >12,000 American Indian youths, found that up to 50% of adolescent girls were dissatisfied with their weight, worried about being overweight, and had been on a weight loss diet during the past year (5).…”

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“…The Indian Adolescent Health Survey, with >12,000 American Indian youths, found that up to 50% of adolescent girls were dissatisfied with their weight, worried about being overweight, and had been on a weight loss diet during the past year (5). Girls who reported feeling overweight were more likely to be weight dissatisfied and engage in unhealthy weight control behaviors than were those who felt they were normal weight.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…American Indian boys were more satisfied with their body shape and weight than were the girls. However, compared with rural white youth, both American Indian girls and boys had greater dissatisfaction with body weight (5). In another study of 85 Chippewa women and adolescent girls living on or near a reservation in Michigan, 74% were trying to lose weight and 75% of these were using unhealthy weight control methods, including 24% who were purging (20).…”

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Weight‐Related Attitudes and Behaviors in Fourth Grade American Indian Children

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Story

Becenti³

et al. 1999

Obesity Research

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. Obes Res. 1999;7:34-42. Objective: American Indian children have a high prevalence of obesity, yet little is known about weight-related attitudes and the prevalence of dieting in this population. This study assessed weight concerns, body size perceptions, weight reduction attempts, and weight loss methods in fourth grade American Indian children. Research Methods and Procedures:attended one of eight schools in the Pathways Feasibility Study. Question and answer choices were read to children by trained staff, and children marked their own answers.Results: Thirty-eight percent of the children reported that they had tried to lose weight. The most common strategy for weight reduction was exercising more. Girls were more likely than boys to be dissatisfied with their body size (48% of girls vs. 34% of boys desired a slimmer body size; 22% of girls vs. 15% of boys desired a larger body size; p

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Section: Weight-loss Strategiesmentioning

confidence: 96%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Weight‐Related Attitudes and Behaviors in Fourth Grade American Indian Children

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et al. 1999

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“…Crago and Shisslak (2003) suggest that perhaps perceived weight, and not BMI, may explain the ethnic differences in the prevalence of disordered eating behaviors, and research does support that perceived weight is strongly correlated with weight control practices (Desmond, Price, Gray, & O'Connell, 1986;Forman-Hoffman, 2004;Story, Hauck, Broussard, White, Resnick, & Blum, 1994;Strauss, 1999).…”

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Ethnic differences in weight control practices among U.S. adolescents from 1995 to 2005

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Pisetsky

Dierker

et al. 2008

Intl J Eating Disorders

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Objective: To examine trends in weight control practices from 1995 to 2005. Method: The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System biennially assesses five weight control behaviors among nationally representative samples of United States high school students. Results: Across time, more females than males dieted (53.8% vs. 23.8%), used diet products (10% vs. 4.3%), purged (7.5% vs. 2.7%), exercised (66.5% vs. 46.9%), or vigorously exercised (42.8% vs. 36.8%). All weight control behaviors among males increased during the decade. Black females were less likely than Hispanic females, who were less likely than White females, to practice weight control. White males were less likely than Black males, who were less likely than Hispanic males, to practice weight control. The ethnic difference in weight control practices is consistent across time. Conclusion: All male adolescents are at increasing risk for developing eating disorder symptomatology, and Black females appear to continue to resist pressure to pursue thinness. © 2007 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Eat Disord 2008

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