Trial reportChild: care, health and development2012
Is ideal body image related to obesity and lifestyle behaviours in African American adolescents?
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Measuring beverage consumption in US children and adolescents: a systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2018Pooled it
- Factors related to obesity and overweight among Black adolescent girls in the United States.Women & health · 2017Pooled it
- Front-of-Package Food Labels and Perceived Weight Stigmatization: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2025Trial
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- Trends and disparities in the prevalence of circulatory disease risk factors among U.S. adults from the National Health Interview Survey database (2019-2022).International journal of cardiology. Cardiovascular risk and prevention · 2025Article
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- A 3-year longitudinal study of effects of parental perception of children's ideal body image on child weight change: The Childhood Obesity Study in China mega-cities.Preventive medicine · 2020Article
- Body Weight Misperception and Weight Disorders among Chinese Children and Adolescents: A Latent Class Analysis.Current medical science · 2019Article
- Obesity and weight misperception among adults in the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN) Cohort Study.Obesity science & practice · 2018Article
- Body Weight Misperception and Its Association with Unhealthy Eating Behaviors among Adolescents in China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Surgical Treatment of Obesity in Latinos and African Americans: Future Directions and Recommendations to Reduce Disparities in Bariatric Surgery.Bariatric surgical practice and patient care · 2018Article
- Obesity, body image, and its impact on children's eating and exercise behaviors in China: A nationwide longitudinal study.Preventive medicine · 2018Article
- Food insecurity, overweight and obesity among low-income African-American families in Baltimore City: associations with food-related perceptions.Public health nutrition · 2016Article
- The relationship between distorted body image and lifestyle among Japanese adolescents: a population-based study.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2015Article
- Weight misperception and its association with dieting methods and eating behaviors in South Korean adolescents.Nutrition research and practice · 2014Article
- Body weight misperception patterns and their association with health-related factors among adolescents in South Korea.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2013Article
- Ethnic disparities in adolescent body mass index in the United States: the role of parental socioeconomic status and economic contextual factors.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2012Article
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Abstract
backgroundChildhood obesity epidemic has become a public health issue in the USA, especially among African American youths. Research on the association between ideal body image (IBI) and obesity and related lifestyle factors among African American children and adolescents is limited.
methodsData collected from 402 low-income African American adolescents aged 10-14 years in four Chicago public schools were used. Questionnaires were used to assess IBI, weight perception, weight control practices, and self-efficacy towards food and physical activity. Body mass index was calculated using measured weight and height. Associations between IBI and weight perception, overweight/obesity and lifestyle behaviours were assessed using linear and logistic regression models.
resultsThe most frequently chosen ideal body size was the fourth of eight silhouettes (from thinnest to heaviest) for boys (55%) and girls (49%). Overweight and obese girls selected larger ideal body figures than the others (trend test: P < 0.001). Compared with those with middle ideal body figures, girls who selected smaller ones were twice as likely to have an unhealthy diet as indicated by less fruit and milk consumption; the odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) were 2.40 (1.15-5.02) for fruits intake (<once/week) and 2.13 (1.06-4.29) for milk consumption (<once/day), respectively. Boys with larger IBI were less likely to eat snack often [≥once/day; OR = 0.11 (0.02-0.50)]. Girls with larger IBI were less likely to spend more screen time [OR = 0.12 (0.02-0.70)] and reported better food choice intentions (P < 0.05). Overweight and obese boys and girls appeared to have better food choice intentions and food self-efficacy than their non-overweight peers (trend test: both P < 0.01).
conclusionsIdeal body image is associated with weight status, food self-efficacy and lifestyle behaviours among low-income African American adolescents.
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