ArticlePreventive medicine2018
Obesity, body image, and its impact on children's eating and exercise behaviors in China: A nationwide longitudinal study.
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- Physical Activity and Body Image Perception in Adolescents: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
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- Effect of a Multifaceted Intervention on Children's Body Image and the Mediating Role of Body Image in Changes in Adiposity Indicators.Nutrients · 2023Trial
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- Associations Between Body Image, Eating Behaviors, and Diet Quality Among Young Women in New Zealand: The Role of Social Media.Nutrients · 2024Article
- The Association between Body Mass Index and Muscular Fitness in Chinese College Freshmen.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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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
- Double Burden of Malnutrition: Examining the Growth Profile and Coexistence of Undernutrition, Overweight, and Obesity among School-Aged Children and Adolescents in Urban and Rural Counties in Henan Province, China.Journal of obesity · 2020Article
- Relationships among Body Mass Index, Body Image, and Depression in Korean Adults: Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2014 and 2016.Journal of obesity & metabolic syndrome · 2019Article
- Does Eating-Away-from-Home Increase the Risk of a Metabolic Syndrome Diagnosis?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
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- Body Image in Preschool Children Following Premature Loss of Primary Teeth: A Cross-sectional Study.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistryArticle
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Abstract
Body image seems to mediate the association between obesity and health behaviors as well as weight control attempts. We examined the distribution of children's body image by demographic characteristics and their subsequent associations with eating, exercise, and weight change. Child body image and health behaviors from the China Health National Survey 2000-2011 were assessed at baseline and in follow-up for 6- to 17-year-old children during 2000-2011 using mixed models. There was a large discrepancy between children's actual weight status (overweight: 16.9%) vs. self-rated body image (fat: 2.4% in 2011). Less than 1% of children desired a fat body; girls were more likely to want to be thin (52.5% vs. 40.9%) than boys. About 11% of children needed to lose weight in order to be at their desired baseline. During follow-up, those needing weight loss to be as desired were more likely to attempt dieting to change their weight (OR, 95% CI=1.9, 1.1-3.5 in boys; 1.7, 1.1-2.5 in girls) and less likely to feel they had enough physical activity (OR, 95% CI=0.5, 0.4-0.7 in boys; 0.6, 0.5-0.9 in girls), although their weight gain had been significantly higher than those having consistent self and desired body images (β [SE]=0.4 [0.1] in boys; 0.2 [0.1] in girls, all p<0.05). However, no significant difference was shown in subsequent health behaviors among overweight children by body image discrepancy. The discrepancy in self vs. desired body image motivated children to change their obesity-related health behaviors among non-overweight children in China.
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