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http://dx.doi.org/10.7318/KJFC/2022.37.3.256

Body Image Distortion and Related Factors among Female Adolescents in Korea - Based on the 14th Korean Youth Health Behavior Survey -  

Chung, Nak-Young (Hanam Middle School)
Kye, Senghee (Nutrition Education Major, Graduate School of Education, Gachon University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture / v.37, no.3, 2022 , pp. 256-264 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was undertaken to examine body image distortion among female adolescents and identify related factors. Raw data from the 14th Korean Youth Health Behavior Survey were used. The proportion of participants exhibiting body image distortion was 39.5%, with the ratio being higher among female students of normal weight as compared to underweight female students. Logistic regression revealed that the risk of having a distorted body image was higher among high school females than in middle school females having lower subjective academic performance and household economic status. In addition, the risk of having a distorted body image was higher for students who drank alcohol when compared to students who did not drink, for the group engaging vigorously in physical activity (exercise) more than three times per week as opposed to the group exercising less than three times per week, and for the group consuming less than one serving of fruit per day as compared to the group consuming more than one serving of fruit per day. Taken together, the results of this study indicate that continuous nutrition education needs to be provided so that adolescents can correctly perceive their body images and form desirable eating habits.
Keywords
Adolescents; female students; body image distortion; health behaviors; dietary habits;
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