TY - JOUR
T1 - Associations between body satisfaction and physical activity in adolescents
T2 - Implications for programs aimed at preventing a broad spectrum of weight-related disorders
AU - Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne
AU - Goeden, Connie
AU - Story, Mary
AU - Wall, Melanie
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by grant MCJ-270834 (D. Neumark-Sztainer, principal investigator) from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (Title V, Social Security Act), Health Resources and Service Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
PY - 2004/6
Y1 - 2004/6
N2 - This study examined associations among body satisfaction and physical and sedentary activities in 4,746 adolescents. Boys with lower body satisfaction reported significantly less physical activity and more TV viewing than boys with higher body satisfaction. In girls, trends were similar, but associations were not statistically significant. Associations were similar among overweight youth. In no instances, were lower levels of body satisfaction significantly associated with higher physical activity levels. These findings suggest that interventions that strive for increased physical activity in youth should avoid strategies that may lead to decreases in body satisfaction. Rather, programs should simultaneously strive to increase physical activity and improve body satisfaction. This type of approach may be effective in preventing obesity while avoiding increasing participants' risk for a low body satisfaction, unhealthy weight control practices, and eating disorders.
AB - This study examined associations among body satisfaction and physical and sedentary activities in 4,746 adolescents. Boys with lower body satisfaction reported significantly less physical activity and more TV viewing than boys with higher body satisfaction. In girls, trends were similar, but associations were not statistically significant. Associations were similar among overweight youth. In no instances, were lower levels of body satisfaction significantly associated with higher physical activity levels. These findings suggest that interventions that strive for increased physical activity in youth should avoid strategies that may lead to decreases in body satisfaction. Rather, programs should simultaneously strive to increase physical activity and improve body satisfaction. This type of approach may be effective in preventing obesity while avoiding increasing participants' risk for a low body satisfaction, unhealthy weight control practices, and eating disorders.
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U2 - 10.1080/10640260490444989
DO - 10.1080/10640260490444989
M3 - Article
C2 - 16864312
AN - SCOPUS:3042635876
SN - 1064-0266
VL - 12
SP - 125
EP - 137
JO - Eating disorders
JF - Eating disorders
IS - 2
ER -
