ArticleEating behaviors2018
BMI and disordered eating in urban, African American, adolescent girls: The mediating role of body dissatisfaction.
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- Eating disorders among college students in China: prevalence, correlates, and its relationship with suicide risk.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Associations Among Anxiety, Sleep Quality, and Binge Eating in Hispanic and African American/Black Early Adolescents.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Weight Concerns in Black Youth: The Role of Body Mass Index, Gender, and Sociocultural Factors.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2022Article
- Body mass index and attention bias of food cues in women: a mediation model of body weight dissatisfaction.PeerJ · 2022Article
- An association between body image dissatisfaction and digit ratio among Chinese children and adolescents.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Yoga practice among ethnically/racially diverse emerging adults: Associations with body image, mindful and disordered eating, and muscle-enhancing behaviors.The International journal of eating disorders · 2021Article
- Disordered eating behaviours and attitudes among adolescents in a middle-income country.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2020Article
- An Intergenerational Approach to Break the Cycle of Malnutrition.Current nutrition reports · 2018Review
- Psychosociocultural Contributors to Maladaptive Eating Behaviors in African American Youth: Recommendations and Future Directions.American journal of lifestyle medicineReview
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Abstract
objectiveThis study examined the mediating role of body dissatisfaction between Body Mass Index (BMI) and subsequent disordered eating (e.g. dieting and restricting/purging) among early adolescent African American girls. STUDY
designParticipants included 701 African American girls in 6th and 7th grades in urban schools serving low-income communities, mean age 12.15 (SD = 0.72) years. Participants were assessed at baseline and approximately 6 months later. Objectively measured height and weight were used to calculate BMI z-score. Participants completed questionnaires on body size dissatisfaction and recent dieting and restricting/purging behaviors.
resultsAt baseline, 51.5% of participants were overweight/obese, and 60.4% expressed body dissatisfaction and a desire to be smaller. Path analytic analyses revealed change in body dissatisfaction significantly mediates the relation between initial BMI z-score and increases in dieting behaviors (B = 0.924, SE = 0.280, p = 0.001) but not restricting/purging behaviors (p = 0.05).
conclusionsBody dissatisfaction explains some associations between excess body weight and subsequent disordered eating symptoms among early adolescent, African American girls. Body dissatisfaction, identified by screening, may be an indicator of further negative consequences, including disordered eating behaviors.
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