Basic research for media literacy education to foster healthy eating

本研究的目的是通过对媒介与身体形象的研究，为日本年轻女孩的媒介素养教育提供基本信息，以促进健康饮食。研究结果表明：（1）日本大学女生对自己的身体不满意度的筛选量表显示，许多大学女生对自己的身体感到不满意。(2)采用最新编制的简明日文版社会文化态度外貌问卷，对日本女大学生的身体意象进行了调查，发现她们的身体意象也存在问题，这主要受到家庭、同伴和媒体的影响。(3)女中学生对自己的身体也感到不满，身体意象出现紊乱，这与媒体的影响有关，其中以时尚杂志为代表。(4)并就网络对身体意象的影响进行了探索性研究。

The purpose of this study was to provide basic information for media literacy education to foster healthy eating in young girls in Japan, by conducting research about media and body image. The study has shown the following results; (1) Many college women feel dissatisfaction to their body in Japan with newly developed screening scale of body dissatisfaction. (2) College women also have disordered body image which was influenced by family, peers and media in Japan, with newly developed brief Japanese version of Sociocultural Attitude Appearance Questionnaire. (3) Middle school girls also feel dissatisfaction to their body and have disordered body image, which were influenced by media;, typically fashion magazines. (4) we also conducted exploratory research of influences of internet on body image.