Making sense of eating, weight and risk in the early teenage years: Views and concerns of parents in poorer socio-economic circumstances
Making sense of eating, weight and risk in the early teenage years: Views and concerns of parents in poorer socio-economic circumstances
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DOI：
10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.02.011
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发表时间：
2006-08-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Lawton, Julia
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作者：
Backett-Milburn, Kathryn C.;Wills, Wendy J.;Lawton, Julia
本文报道了一项定性研究的结果，该研究探讨了对生活在贫困社会经济环境中的“正常”体重和“超重”青少年家庭饮食习惯的看法和理解。34名家长/主要食品供应商的男孩和女孩年龄在13-14岁的社会经济条件不利的地区在苏格兰东部进行了采访。在家庭内部，这些早期青少年自己的食物偏好得到了强烈的认可;父母也认为他们对自己的食物选择负有越来越大的责任，但这些选择通常被描述为“不健康”的选择。然而，父母认为饮食问题在青少年面临的健康相关风险和其他风险中的优先级相当低。同样，这些受访者认为，这个年龄段的体形和体型问题的潜在问题比青少年痴迷于减肥对身心健康的风险要小。父母通常根据家庭中的各种体型和遗传特征来理解青少年的体型和形状。受访者似乎缺乏话语来理解这个年龄组的体重和超重，回到了成年生活阶段的理解。(c)2006爱思唯尔有限公司保留所有权利。
This paper reports findings from a qualitative study which examined the perceptions and understandings underpinning the dietary practices in families with 'normal' weight and 'overweight' young teenagers living in poorer socio-economic circumstances. Thirty four parents/main food providers of boys and girls aged 13-14 years from socio-economically disadvantaged areas in Eastern Scotland were interviewed. Within the home there was a strong acknowledgement of these early teenagers' own food preferences; parents also saw them as having increasing responsibility for their own food choices outwith the home but these were often described as 'not healthy' choices. However, parents saw dietary issues as of fairly low priority in the hierarchy of health-relevant and other risks facing their teenagers. Equally, these interviewees felt that issues around body shape and size at this age were less potentially problematic than the risks to teenagers' mental or physical health of their becoming obsessed with weight loss. Parents often made sense of their teenager's body size and shape in terms of the variety of body types in families and inherited traits. Interviewees seemed to lack a discourse to understand weight and overweight in this age group, falling back on understandings derived from the adult lifestage. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.