Peternel Lana, Sujoldzić Anita
Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia.
Coll Antropol. 2009 Mar;33(1):205-12.
This study focuses on the middle school students in the Croatian region of Dalmatia. The survey was designed to examine adolescent eating behavior as it relates to body image and psychological well-being (self-esteem, life-satisfaction and stress) in relation to body mass index; BMI. Differences among participants in food intake were examined according to demographic variables and eating behavior (regular food intake or dieting) as well. Psychological variables were highly associated with dieting among adolescents of both genders. The adolescents who were dieting reported significantly lower self-esteem, lower life satisfaction and lower body-image satisfaction, higher rate of stress and higher rate of body mass index (BMI) when compared to non-dieters. This study confirms that a rather large percentage of adolescent girls of low socioeconomic status engage in dieting when trying to lose weight, which may seriously damage their developmental growth.
本研究聚焦于克罗地亚达尔马提亚地区的中学生。该调查旨在研究青少年的饮食行为，以及其与身体形象和心理健康（自尊、生活满意度和压力）之间的关系，并与体重指数（BMI）相关联。同时，还根据人口统计学变量和饮食行为（规律饮食或节食），对参与者的食物摄入量差异进行了研究。心理变量与两性青少年的节食行为高度相关。与非节食者相比，节食的青少年自尊、生活满意度和身体形象满意度显著更低，压力率和体重指数（BMI）更高。本研究证实，社会经济地位较低的青少年女孩中有相当大比例在试图减肥时会节食，这可能会严重损害她们的发育成长。
