Weight Control Behaviors among Overweight, Normal Weight and Underweight Adolescents in Palestine: Findings from the National Study of Palestinian Schoolchildren (HBSC-WBG2004)
Weight Control Behaviors among Overweight, Normal Weight and Underweight Adolescents in Palestine: Findings from the National Study of Palestinian Schoolchildren (HBSC-WBG2004)
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DOI：
10.1002/eat.20698
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发表时间：
2010-05-01
影响因子：
5.5
通讯作者：
Maes, Lea
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作者：
Al Sabbah, Haleama;Vereecken, Carine;Maes, Lea
目的：本研究的目的是在巴勒斯坦约旦河西岸和加沙地带地区的具有代表性的大样本青少年中，检验体重控制行为与自我报告的社会人口学特征、体重状况和对体重的感知之间的关系。方法：随机选择405所学校的8,885名12-18岁的男女学生完成社会人口学特征、体重感知、身高和体重以及体重控制行为的自我报告测量。结果：在2003/2004年巴勒斯坦学龄儿童健康行为研究(HBSC)中，节食减肥在青少年中很常见，超重的青少年明显高于体重不足或正常体重的青少年。极端的体重控制行为(呕吐、减肥药或泻药)和吸烟在男孩中比女孩更常见，极端的体重控制行为在体重不足的男孩中尤其常见。年龄较大的青少年比年龄较小的青少年更不可能从事体重控制行为。认为体重过胖是遵循不健康饮食减肥的影响因素。讨论：在巴勒斯坦领土上，控制体重的做法，特别是极端和不健康的体重控制行为，在青少年中很常见。这些发现表明，有必要为巴勒斯坦青少年设计适当的预防和早期干预计划。(C)威利期刊公司2009年出版。
Objective: The objective of the study is to examine the relationship between weight-control behaviors and self-reported sociodemographic characteristics, weight status, and perception of body weight in a large, representative sample of adolescents in the West Bank and Gaza Strip territories of Palestine.Method: Self-report measures of sociodemographic characteristics, body weight perception, height and weight, and weight-control behaviors were completed by 8,885 male and female students aged 12-18 years from 405 randomly selected schools as part of the 2003/2004 Palestinian Health Behavior in School-aged Children Study (HBSC).Results: In both genders, dieting to lose weight was common among adolescents and significantly higher among overweight than among underweight or normal weight adolescents. Extreme weight-control behaviors (vomiting, diet pills, or laxatives) and smoking were more common among boys than girls, and extreme weight-control behaviors were particularly common among underweight boys. Older adolescents were less likely than younger adolescents to engage in weight-control behaviors. Perception of body weight as too fat was an influential factor in following an unhealthy diet to lose weight.Discussion: Practices to control weight, particularly extreme and unhealthy weight-control behaviors, are common among adolescents in the Palestinian territories. These findings suggest the need to design appropriate prevention and early intervention programs for adolescents in Palestine. (C) 2009 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.