Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the association between weight teasing, body satisfaction and weight control behaviors. METHODS: Cross-sectional study based on adaptation and validity research of a North American questionnaire for adolescent girls about physical activity, nutrition, body image, perceptions, and behaviors. The variables used to conduct the study were weight control behaviors, body satisfaction and presence of teasing by family members. Descriptive analyses were carried out by chi-square test, being significant p<0.05. RESULTS: A total of 159 adolescent girls, with 16.2±1.3 years old were enrolled in this study. Of the total, 60.1% reported that family members did not tease them. The teasing was associated with weight dissatisfaction (p<0.001), body shape (p=0.006), belly (p=0.001), waist (p=0.001), face (p=0.009), arms (p=0.014) and shoulders (p=0.001). As a consequence, there was association with unhealthy weight control behaviors (p<0.001), vomiting (p=0,011), diet (p=0.002) and use of laxatives (p=0.035). CONCLUSIONS:The teasing about body image by family members was associated with risk for unhealthy weight control behaviors in female adolescents.
Highlights
MethodTeasing among adolescents, known as emotional bullying, is a worrying issue that may be related to health risks
The teasing about body image by family members was associated with risk for unhealthy weight control behaviors in female adolescents
Teasing may involve several negative comments, such as jokes and nicknames, The present study originated from adaptation and validity research of an American questionnaire about “Perceptions, attitudes and behaviors related to physical activity, eating and body image”, conducted in November 2012, in São Paulo, Brazil
Summary
MethodTeasing among adolescents, known as emotional bullying, is a worrying issue that may be related to health risks. Teasing may involve several negative comments, such as jokes and nicknames, The present study originated from adaptation and validity research of an American questionnaire about “Perceptions, attitudes and behaviors related to physical activity, eating and body image”, conducted in November 2012, in São Paulo, Brazil. It was a cross-sectional study that used a nonprobabilistic sampling method and had a target population of adolescent girls from 13 to 19 years old enrolled in public and private elementary and high schools in the state of São Paulo. We included adolescent girls from 13 to 19 years enrolled from the eighth grade of elementary school to the third grade of high school and who participated in the stage of adaptation and validation of the questionnaire
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