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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Ammons Scientific
2005
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40413/1/Correlates%20of%20children%27s%20eating%20attitude%20test%20scores%20among%20primary%20school%20children.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40413/ http://www.amsciepub.com/doi/abs/10.2466/pms.100.2.463-472 |
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| Summary: | 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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