Healthy Eating Index-C is compromised among adolescents with body weight concerns, weight loss dieting, and meal skipping

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• 作者：Sarah J. Woodruff ; Rhona M. Hanning ; Irene Lambraki ; Kate E. Storey ; Linda McCargar
• 关键词：Adolescent ; Food habits ; Body weight ; Body image ; Dieting
• 刊名：Body Image
• 出版年：2008
• 出版时间：December 2008
• 年：2008
• 卷：5
• 期：4
• 页码：404-408
• 全文大小：126 K

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The objective was to describe weight concerns, dieting, and meal skipping of adolescents and to determine associations with the Healthy Eating Index-C (HEI-C). Data, that were collected using the Food Behaviour Questionnaire, revealed that participants (male = 810, female = 1016) in grades 9/10 reported weight concerns (n = 518), dieting (n = 364), and skipping breakfast (n = 498), lunch (n = 252), and/or dinner (n = 129). Of those dieting or weight concerned (n = 602), 61 % were healthy weight and of those not dieting or weight concerned (n = 1224), 13 % were overweight/obese. The ordinal logistic regression analysis revealed that HEI-C was likely to be rated lower among those weight concerned and dieting (p < .001), and among those that skipped the breakfast meal (p < .001). The current study identified inappropriate weight concerns and dieting that compromised diet quality and has implications for future intervention and policy development.