Body ideals and body dissatisfaction among a community sample of 1330 ethnically diverse adolescents on Kauai, Hawaii

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2007

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University of Hawaii at Manoa

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Introduction: Body dissatisfaction (BD), a robust risk factor for eating disorders, is occurring at younger rages and among a wider range of socioeconomic and cultural groups. Objectives: To describe body ideals and prevalence of body dissatisfaction among an ethnically diverse population of male and female students. Method: An anonymous cross-sectional survey including biographical information and the figure drawing screen was distributed to 71h through 121h grade students. Results: Of the 1330 completed surveys, 19% of students were significantly dissatisfied with their bodies. Males were at greater risk than females for total BD (25.8% vs. 13.3%; p

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Teenagers--Attitudes, Body image in adolescence--Public opinion

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Hawaii--Kauai

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Theses for the degree of Master of Science (University of Hawaii at Manoa). Biomedical Sciences; no. 4218

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