Eating Attitudes in African-American Women: The Essence Eating Disorders Survey |
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| Authors: | Jess Haines Dianne Neumark-Sztainer Lynnell Thiel |
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| Affiliation: | 1. University of Minnesota , Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA haines@epi.umn.edu;3. University of Minnesota , Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA;4. John A. Johnson Achievement Plus Elementary School , St. Paul, Minnesota, USA |
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| Abstract: | This study examined weight-related issues affecting elementary school children to gain insight into how best to address these issues within a school-based intervention. The study population included 21 students, 12 school staff members, and 21 parents from a school that serves an ethnically-diverse population. Data were collected using focus groups and individual interviews and were analyzed using qualitative research methodology. Weight-related teasing and poor body image emerged as prominent issues affecting students. Results suggest that programs aimed at the prevention of weight-related disorders should go beyond issues of nutrition and physical activity and include strategies to reduce weight-related mistreatment and to improve students' body image. |
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