TY - JOUR
T1 - Frequent dieting among adolescents
T2 - Psychosocial and health behavior correlates
AU - French, Simone A
AU - Story, Mary T
AU - Downes, B.
AU - Resnick, Michael D
AU - Blum, R. W.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - Objectives. The present study examined correlates of frequent dieting in 33 393 adolescents. It was hypothesized that frequent dieting would be correlated with negative psychosocial and health behavior outcomes. Methods. A comprehensive, school-based health behavior survey was administered in 1987 to public school students in grades 7 through 12 in Minnesota. Students self- reported dieting behavior; substance use; suicidal, sexual, and delinquent behavior; family and peer concerns, sick days; and abuse history. Differences on psychosocial and health behavior risk factors by dieting frequency and by purging status were assessed with multivariate logistic regression, with body mass index and demographic variables controlled. Results. Dieting frequency was associated with history of binge eating (females: odds ratio [OR] = 1.46, males: OR = 1.53); poor body image (females: OR = 0.56, males: OR = 0.63); lower connectedness to others (females: OR = 0.79); greater alcohol use (females: OR = 1.17); and greater tobacco use (females: OR = 1.08). Purging status was independently associated with negative risk factors in both males and females. Conclusions. These findings suggest that frequent dieting efforts in adolescents should not be viewed in isolation, but rather in the broader context of health and risk-taking behaviors.
AB - Objectives. The present study examined correlates of frequent dieting in 33 393 adolescents. It was hypothesized that frequent dieting would be correlated with negative psychosocial and health behavior outcomes. Methods. A comprehensive, school-based health behavior survey was administered in 1987 to public school students in grades 7 through 12 in Minnesota. Students self- reported dieting behavior; substance use; suicidal, sexual, and delinquent behavior; family and peer concerns, sick days; and abuse history. Differences on psychosocial and health behavior risk factors by dieting frequency and by purging status were assessed with multivariate logistic regression, with body mass index and demographic variables controlled. Results. Dieting frequency was associated with history of binge eating (females: odds ratio [OR] = 1.46, males: OR = 1.53); poor body image (females: OR = 0.56, males: OR = 0.63); lower connectedness to others (females: OR = 0.79); greater alcohol use (females: OR = 1.17); and greater tobacco use (females: OR = 1.08). Purging status was independently associated with negative risk factors in both males and females. Conclusions. These findings suggest that frequent dieting efforts in adolescents should not be viewed in isolation, but rather in the broader context of health and risk-taking behaviors.
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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.85.5.695
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.85.5.695
M3 - Article
C2 - 7733431
AN - SCOPUS:0029067469
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 85
SP - 695
EP - 701
JO - American journal of public health
JF - American journal of public health
IS - 5
ER -