Dietary behaviors, body satisfaction and factors affecting the weight control interest according to gender of middle school students in Wonju area

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the BMI, dietary behaviors, body satisfaction and factors affecting the weight control interest according to gender of middle school students (195 boys and 251 girls) in Wonju area. The average height and weight of the boys were 164.8±8.3 cm and 55.5±12.3 kg respectively. Those of the girls were 158.8±5.0 cm and 48.7±7.4 kg respectively. The average body mass index (BMI) of the boys and girls was 20.3 and 19.3 respectively. In both boys and girls, 69.7% of them had egular meals and the main reason for skipping meals was insufficient time to eat due to oversleeping (33.6%). ost of the subjects consumed snacks more than once a day (95.5%). The dietary intake attitude score of the girls (35.08±5.91) was higher than that of the boys (33.81±5.45) (p<0.01). The eating disorders score of the girls (12.92±6.22) was higher than that of the boys (10.70±9.82) (p<0.01). Also, 87.2% of the subjects showed normal behavior and 12.8% of the subjects had eating disorders, but there was no significant difference according to gender. The body satisfaction score of the boys (30.16±5.08) was higher than that of the girls (28.00±5.52) (p<0.001). In general, body satisfaction score correlated positively with dietary intake attitude score, but correlated negatively with eating disorders score (p<0.05). Multiple regression analysis revealed that body satisfaction score as the most significant variable which affected the weight control interest. Therefore, development of the nutrition education program for adolescents will be effective not only for the improvement of dietary behaviors but also for the positive change in the misleading perception about the ideal body shape.

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