Wardle J, Marsland L
Psychology Department, Institute of Psychiatry, London.
J Psychosom Res. 1990;34(4):377-91. doi: 10.1016/0022-3999(90)90061-8.
Eight hundred and forty-six children from multi-cultural schools in neighbourhoods of differing socio-economic background were interviewed concerning their attitudes to weight and eating. The results suggested that weight concern was high in the girls, with more than 50% feeling too fat and wanting to lose weight. The levels of weight concern were almost as high in the 11 year olds as in the 18 year olds, which suggests that weight concerns are beginning earlier than in the past. White girls reported more concern than black or Asian girls. Girls from higher SES background schools showed more concern than those from lower SES schools, although they were actually slimmer. Dieting was also more common in the girls and especially so in white girls and in those from the higher SES schools. However, it was not as common as has been found in North American samples. Within the field of psychological problems these results are unusual in finding evidence for less difficulty in the children from the least socially and culturally privileged backgrounds.
对来自不同社会经济背景社区的多元文化学校的846名儿童进行了关于他们对体重和饮食态度的访谈。结果表明，女孩对体重的关注度较高，超过50%的女孩觉得自己太胖并想减肥。11岁女孩的体重关注度与18岁女孩几乎一样高，这表明对体重的关注比过去开始得更早。白人女孩比黑人或亚洲女孩报告了更多的关注。来自社会经济地位较高背景学校的女孩比来自社会经济地位较低学校的女孩表现出更多的关注，尽管她们实际上更苗条。节食在女孩中也更常见，尤其是在白人女孩和来自社会经济地位较高学校的女孩中。然而，它不像在北美样本中发现的那么普遍。在心理问题领域，这些结果不同寻常之处在于，发现来自社会和文化特权最少背景的儿童存在较少困难的证据。
