Body Image and Weight-Control Behaviors in University Students

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Title:	Body Image and Weight-Control Behaviors in University Students
Authors:	Ciou, Wei-Hao
Contributors:	健康產業管理學系健康管理組
Keywords:	Body Image;Weight Control Behavior;University Students
Date:	2015
Issue Date:	2015-10-16 03:28:36 (UTC+0)
Publisher:	亞洲大學
Abstract:	Research Objectives: To understand the behavior impacting weight control and whether gender, body mass index (BMI), body image, and the views of significant others influence weight control behavior. Research Methods: We chose 10 third- and fourth-year university students from a university in central Taiwan to conduct questionnaire surveys for random sampling. We distributed 500 questionnaires, of which 280 were completed and returned, with an effective response rate of 56%. Results: The sample comprised of 94 men and 178 women. The average height of the sample was 164.59 cm, the average weight was 59.3 kg, and the average BMI was 22.1±7.75. The body image scale contained 57 questions. The maximum possible score was 285, and the average score for the sample was 177.3±16.04. The relationship scale for the views of significant others contained 18 questions. The maximum possible score was 90, and the average score of the sample was 52.83±11.08. The weight control behavior scale contained 21 questions. The maximum possible score was 105, and the average score for the sample was 54.75±15.367. Higher scores on the weight control behavior scale indicate greater inclination toward weight control behaviors. After controlling for other factors, we found that the views of significant others differed significantly with weight control behavior; that is, the more participants were concerned with the views of others, the more likely they were to engage in weight control behavior. Body image differed significantly with weight control behavior; that is, those with lower body image scores were more likely to engage in weight control behavior. Women were more likely than men to participate in weight control behavior. Conclusion: Women were more likely than men to restrict food intake. Those with poorer body image scores were more likely to indulge in weight control behavior. Those who did participate in weight control behavior often used unhealthy methods other than controlling food intake. The more participants were concerned with the views of significant others, the more likely they were to participate in weight control behavior. In particular, those who believed their peers were concerned with their figures were more likely to indulge in weight control behavior.
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