Correlates of children's eating attitude test scores among primary school children

A total of 107 Malay primary school girls (8–9 yr. old) completed a set of measurements on eating behavior (ChEAT, food neophobia scales, and dieting experience), the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, body shape satisfaction, dietary intake, weight, and height. About 38% of the girls scored 20 and more o...

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Main Authors: Mohd Shariff, Zalilah, Mohamed Yasin, Zaidah
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Language:English
Published: Ammons Scientific 2005
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description A total of 107 Malay primary school girls (8–9 yr. old) completed a set of measurements on eating behavior (ChEAT, food neophobia scales, and dieting experience), the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, body shape satisfaction, dietary intake, weight, and height. About 38% of the girls scored 20 and more on the ChEAT, and 46% of them reported dieting by reducing sugar and sweets (73%), skipping meals (67%), reducing fat foods (60%) and snacks (53%) as the most frequent methods practiced. In general, those girls with higher ChEAT scores tended to have lower self-esteem (r = .39), indicating they were more unwilling to try new foods (food neophobic) (r = .29), chose a smaller figure for desired body size (r = -.25), and were more dissatisfied with their body size (r = .31).
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spelling upm-404132015-09-18T01:35:20Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40413/ Correlates of children's eating attitude test scores among primary school children Mohd Shariff, Zalilah Mohamed Yasin, Zaidah A total of 107 Malay primary school girls (8–9 yr. old) completed a set of measurements on eating behavior (ChEAT, food neophobia scales, and dieting experience), the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, body shape satisfaction, dietary intake, weight, and height. About 38% of the girls scored 20 and more on the ChEAT, and 46% of them reported dieting by reducing sugar and sweets (73%), skipping meals (67%), reducing fat foods (60%) and snacks (53%) as the most frequent methods practiced. In general, those girls with higher ChEAT scores tended to have lower self-esteem (r = .39), indicating they were more unwilling to try new foods (food neophobic) (r = .29), chose a smaller figure for desired body size (r = -.25), and were more dissatisfied with their body size (r = .31). Ammons Scientific 2005-04 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40413/1/Correlates%20of%20children%27s%20eating%20attitude%20test%20scores%20among%20primary%20school%20children.pdf Mohd Shariff, Zalilah and Mohamed Yasin, Zaidah (2005) Correlates of children's eating attitude test scores among primary school children. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 100 (2). pp. 463-472. ISSN 0031-5125; ESSN: 1558-688X http://www.amsciepub.com/doi/abs/10.2466/pms.100.2.463-472 10.2466/pms.100.2.463-472
spellingShingle Mohd Shariff, Zalilah
Mohamed Yasin, Zaidah
Correlates of children's eating attitude test scores among primary school children
title Correlates of children's eating attitude test scores among primary school children
title_full Correlates of children's eating attitude test scores among primary school children
title_fullStr Correlates of children's eating attitude test scores among primary school children
title_full_unstemmed Correlates of children's eating attitude test scores among primary school children
title_short Correlates of children's eating attitude test scores among primary school children
title_sort correlates of children's eating attitude test scores among primary school children
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