Dietary restraint in normal weight and overweight children. A cross-sectional study

被引：24

作者：

Braet, C ^{[1
]}

Wydhooge, K ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] State Univ Ghent, Dept Dev & Personal Psychol, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY | 2000年 / 24卷 / 03期

关键词：

overweight; children; dietary restraint; self-esteem;

D O I：

10.1038/sj.ijo.0801129

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the degree to which actual fatness and negative self-esteem might be linked to dietary restraint in childhood. METHOD: Subjects were 426 boys and 319 girls, aged 10.6y (+/-1y). Forty-nine children were overweight (> 30%) and 149 subjects were in the category 'moderately overweight' (10-30% overweight). Measures of self-esteem and dietary restraint were used in the analyses. RESULTS: Dietary restraint was observable in all weight groups and significantly more in girls. Boys and girls with an existing fatness problem showed more dietary restraint. Weight status, not self-esteem, turned out to be the best predictor of dietary restraint. DISCUSSION: Because there were good reasons to expect side-effects of the observed dietary restraint in obese children in the long term, valuable alternatives like changes in the life-style and interventions that enhance body image and self-esteem were recommended.

引用

页码：314 / 318

页数：5

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