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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"weight-related behaviors"”.
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Body Image and Weight Related Behaviors: The Role of Gender, Ethnicity, and Immigration
… substantiated that a significant portion of overweight or obese children will become obese adults, with a number of factors identified that may influence obesity in children including gender, ethnicity, and environment. This study analyzed secondary data from The Youth Behavioral Risk Factor …
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Role of social connectedness in weight-related health behaviors: Implications for community health promotion programs
Over the past three decades overweight and obesity in the United States have reached epidemic proportions, spreading across the country. The purposes of this study were: to determine the role of social connectedness in weight-related behaviors and health status using secondary data collected from a …
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Information provision, informational value, and relational support: assessing perceptions of pediatric family-centered communication as predictors of weight-related outcomes in preschool children
… eight preschool age children in the U.S. are overweight or obese, and those preschoolers are five times more likely to become overweight adults compared with those in a healthy weight range (CDC, Vital Signs, 2013; Ogden, Carrol, Kit, & Flegal, 2014). Pediatric well-child visits are arguably one …
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The Influence of Child and Parent Health Literacy Status on Health Outcomes from a Childhood Obesity Treatment Program
… outcomes, there remains a gap in the literature related to the influence of health literacy on weight and weight-related behaviors. The primary aim of this study is to examine the influence of child and parent health literacy status on childs body mass index (BMI) and health behaviors, within an …
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An evaluation of social-cognitive factors in dietary restraint, smoking, and weight control smoking
… variables in restrained eating, smoking, and weight control smoking. Overall, the results indicated Significant main effects of dietary restraint and smoking on dieting- and smoking-related social-cognitive variables. In addition, there were significant group differences for several …
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Three Essays on Systems Thinking and Dynamic Modeling in Obesity Prevention Interventions
… of obesity interventions in which parents' behaviors are targeted to change children's obesity outcomes, due to the potential social and environmental influence of parents on the nutrition and physical activity behaviors of children. Results for existing mechanisms that moderate parents' …
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IMPACTS OF A BRIEF SELF-COMPASSION INTERVENTION FOR WOMEN WITH OBESITY AND INTERNALIZED WEIGHT BIAS: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FROM A PILOT RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Internalization of weight bias occurs when one believes negative weight-related stereotypes to be true of themselves, such as believing that one is deserving of disrespect, or unworthy of partnership due to weight status (Durso & Latner, 2008). The deleterious consequences of IWB are widespread, as …