Self-Reported Weight Perceptions, Dieting Behavior, and Breakfast Eating among High School Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Zullig, Keith; Ubbes, Valerie A.; Pyle, Jennifer; Valois, Robert F.
Titel	Self-Reported Weight Perceptions, Dieting Behavior, and Breakfast Eating among High School Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of School Health, 76 (2006) 3, S.87-92 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4391
Schlagwörter	High Risk Students; Adolescents; Dietetics; Self Concept; Eating Habits; Body Composition; High School Students; Gender Differences; Racial Differences; Eating Disorders; Correlation; Health Behavior; Youth Risk Behavior Survey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Problemschüler; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ernährungslehre; Selbstkonzept; Ernährungsgewohnheit; Essgewohnheit; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Geschlechterkonflikt; Rassenunterschied; Appetite disorder; Essstörung; Korrelation; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten
Abstract	This study explored the relationships among weight perceptions, dieting behavior, and breakfast eating in 4597 public high school adolescents using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Adjusted multiple logistic regression models were constructed separately for race and gender groups via SUDAAN (Survey Data Analysis). Adjusted odds ratios [ORs] and 95% confidence intervals were calculated to determine the strength of relationships. Approximately 42% of the sample reported not eating breakfast within the past 5 days, while 41% were trying to lose weight, and 37% were dieting to lose weight. Excessive dietary practices (eg, fasting, taking diet pills or laxatives, and vomiting to lose weight) were reported by approximately 25% of the sample. When compared to those eating breakfast within the past 5 days, all race and gender groups that did not report eating breakfast were significantly more likely to report fasting to lose weight (ORs = 1.70-2.97). In addition, all race/gender groups, with the exception of black females, were significantly more likely to perceive themselves as overweight (ORs = 1.44-1.61) and trying to lose weight (ORs = 1.40-1.72). Among males, not eating breakfast was significantly associated with taking diet pills to lose weight (ORs = 2.31-2.40), eating fewer calories to lose weight (OR = 1.38-1.49), and inversely associated with trying to gain weight (ORs = 0.71-0.74). Results suggest that these adolescents may be skipping breakfast as part of a patterned lifestyle of unhealthy weight management and that efforts to encourage youth to eat breakfast will likely not ameliorate all dietary challenges that appear beyond the scope of increased breakfast offerings. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10