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A cross-sectional study of weight-and shape-related beliefs, behaviours and concerns of north Queensland adolescents
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posted on 2001-01-01, 00:00 authored by M Nowak, David CrawfordDavid Crawford, P ButtnerThe purpose of this study was to examine differences in weight- and shape-related beliefs, behaviours and concerns across a high school population. Data were collected by questionnaire from 902 high school students from private schools in Townsville. Concerns about weight and shape were more apparent in students from the higher school years. More girls in higher than lower school years were dissatisfied with their bodies, concerned that many parts of their bodies were too fat and more of them attempted weight loss. More boys in higher than lower school years were satisfied with their bodies but they wanted to 'bulk up'. Societal expectations of weight and shape may adversely affect both males and females but in different ways. Thus, interventions aiming to promote the maintenance of a healthy body weight may need to account for the desire of the majority of young women to be thinner, while the majority of young men would like to be larger.
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Australian journal of nutrition & dieteticsVolume
58Issue
3Pagination
174 - 180Publisher
Blackwell Publishing LimitedLocation
Oxford, EnglandISSN
1032-1322Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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