Basic research for media literacy education to foster healthy eating

本研究的目的是通过对媒体和身体形象的研究，为媒体素养教育提供基本信息，以促进日本年轻女孩的健康饮食。研究结果如下：(1)日本有很多女大学生对自己的身材不满意，新开发的身材不满意筛选量表。(2)日本女大学生也存在身体形象失调的问题，受家庭、同伴和媒体的影响，新开发的日本版《社会文化态度外貌问卷》简版。(3)受媒体影响，中学女生对自己的身体也感到不满，身体形象混乱；，通常是时尚杂志。(4)我们还探索性地研究了互联网对身体形象的影响。

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.