Body image, dieting and disordered eating and activity practices among teacher trainees: Implications for school-based health education and obesity prevention programs

Health Education Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 472-482

  Yager, Zali ^a   O'Dea, Jennifer ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY IMAGE; DIET; EATING DISORDER; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION; SCREENING; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEACHER; TRAINING; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; DIET; EATING DISORDERS; EXERCISE; FACULTY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 67449164869     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyn044     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. US Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control. Identifying Local Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs and Policies.Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/prc/research-projects/other- funded-projects/identifying-local-childhood-obesity-prevention-programs- policies.htm. Accessed: 20 June, 2008.
2. Yager Z, O'Dea JA. The role of teachers and other educators in the prevention of eating disorders and child obesity: what are the issues? Eat Disord 2005; 13: 261-78.
3. Rutz S. Nutrition educators should practice what they teach. J Nutr Ed 1993; 25: 87-8.
4. Duker M, Slade R. Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia: How to Help. Buckingham, UK: Open University Press, 1994.
5. O'Dea JA. Prevention of child obesity: first, do no harm. Health Educ Res 2004; 20: 259-65.
6. Pearson J, Goldklang D, Striegel-Moore R. Prevention of eating disorders: challenges and opportunities. Int J Eat Disord 2001; 31: 233-9.
7. Klemchuck HP, Hutchinson CB, Frank RI. Body dissatisfaction and eating problems on the college campus: usefulness of the eating disorder inventory with a non-clinical population. J Counsel Psychol 1990; 37: 297-305.
8. Larson B. The new epidemic: ethical implications for nutrition educators. J Nutr Ed 1989; 21: 101-3.
9. Kinzl J, Traweger C, Trefalt E et al. Dieticians: are they a risk group for eating disorders? Eur Eat Disord Rev 1999; 7: 62-7.
10. McArthur A, Howard A. Dietetics majors' weight-reduction beliefs, behaviours, and information sources. J Am Coll Health 2001; 49: 175-84.
11. Barbarich N. Lifetime prevalence of eating disorders among professionals in the field. Eat Disord 2002; 10: 305-12.
12. Crockett SJ, Littrell JM. Comparison of eating patterns between dietetic and other college students. J Nutr Ed 1985; 17: 47-50.
13. Reinstein N, Koszewski W, Chamberlain B. Prevalence of eating disorders among dietetics students: does nutrition education make a difference? J Am Diet Assoc 1993; 92: 949-54.
14. O'Dea J, Abraham SF. Knowledge, beliefs, attitudes and behaviors related to weight control, eating disorders, and body image in Australian trainee home economics and physical education teachers. J Nutr Ed 2001; 33: 332-40.
15. O'Brien K, Hunter J. Body esteem and eating behaviours in female physical education students. Eat Weight Disord 2006; 11: e57-60.
16. Van Hoorn U, Kefford L, O'Dea J et al. Normal ranges for Body Appearance Ratings. In: Abraham SF, Lovell NH (eds). Clinical Manual for the Eating and Exercise Examination. Melbourne, Australia: Ashwood Medical, 1999, 34-8.
17. Garner DM, Olmstead MP, Polivy J. The eating disorder inventory: a measure of cognitive-behavioral dimensions of anorexia nervosa and bulimia. In: Liss AR, (ed.). Anorexia Nervosa: Recent Developments in Research. New York: LEA, 1983, 173-84.
18. Abraham S, Lovell NH. Eating and Exercise Examination-Computerized. Melbourne, Australia: Ashwood Medical, 1999.
19. Stunkard AJ, Sorenson T, Schulsinger F. Use of the Danish Adoption Register for the Study of Obesity and Thinness. In: Kety S, (ed.). The genetics of neurological and psychiatric distrubances. New York: Raven Press, 1983.
20. Pasman L, Thompson KJ. Body image and eating disturbance in obligatory runners, obligatory weightlifters, and sedentary individuals. Int J Eat Disord 1988; 7: 759-69.
21. Schulken ED, Pinciaro PJ, Sawyer RG et al. Sorority women's body size perceptions and their weight related attitudes and behaviors. J Am Coll Health 1997; 46: 69-74.
22. Striegel-Moore R, Silberstein L, Rodin J. Toward an understanding of risk factors for bulimia. Am Psychol 1986; 41: 246-63.
23. Halliwell E, Dittmar H, Orsborn A. The effects of exposure to muscular male models among men: exploring the moderating role of gym use and exercise motivation. Body Image 2007; 4: 278-87.
24. Cohn LD, Adler NE. Female and male perceptions of ideal body shapes: distorted views among Caucasian college students. Psychol Women Quart 1992; 16: 69-79.
25. Rozin P, Fallon A. Body image, attitudes to weight, and misperceptions of figure preferences of the opposite sex: a comparison of men and women in two generations. J Abnorm Psychol 1988; 97: 342-5.
26. Thompson KJ, Stice E. Thin-ideal internalization: mounting evidence for a new risk factor for body-image disturbance and eating pathology. Curr Directions Psychol Sci 2001; 10: 181-3.
27. Brownell KD, Rodin J. The dieting maelstrom: is it possible and advisable to lose weight? Am Psychol 1994; 49:781-91.
28. Heatherton TF, Polivy J. Chronic dieting and eating disorders: a spiral model. In: Crowther JH, Tennenbaum DL, Hobfold SE, Parris-Stephens MA (eds). The Etiology of Bulimia Nervosa: The Individual and Familial Context. Washington, DC: Hemisphere, 1992.
29. Pomeroy C, Mitchell J. Medical complications of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. In: Fairburn C, Brownell KD (eds). Eating Disorders and Obesity: A Comprehensive Hand-book. 2nd edn. New York: The Guilford Press 2002 278-85.
30. Anderson AE, Holman JE. Males with eating disorders: challenges for treatment and research. Psychopharm Bull 1997; 33: 391-7.
31. Fairburn CG, Beglin SJ. Studies of the epidemiology of bulimia nervosa. Am J Psychiatr 1990; 147: 401-8.
32. Coric D, Murstein B. Bulimia nervosa: prevalence and psychological correlates in a college community. Eat Disord 1993; 1: 39-51.
33. Drewnowski A, Yee DK, Krahn DD. Bulimia in college women: incidence and recovery rates. Am J Psychiatr 1988; 145: 753-5.
34. Kurth CL, Krahn DD, Nairn K et al. The severity of dieting and bingeing behaviors in college women: interview validation of survey data. J Psychiatr Res 1995; 29: 211-25.
35. Bamber DJ, Cockerill IM, Rodgers S et al. Diagnostic criteria for exercise dependence in women. Br J Sports Med 2003; 37: 393-400.
36. O'Dea J, Abraham SF. Eating and exercise disorders in young college men. J Am Coll Health 2002; 50: 273-8.
37. Smith BJ, Potts-Datema W, Nolte AE. Challenges in teacher preparation for school health education and promotion. IUHPE Promotion & Education 2005; 12: 162-4.
38. O'Dea J. School based interventions to prevent eating problems: first do no harm. Eat Disord 2000; 8: 123-30.
39. Tylka TL, Bergeron D, Schwartz JP. Development and psychometric evaluation of the male body attitudes scale (MBAS). Body Image 2005; 2: 161-75.
40. Cafri G, Thompson JK. Measuring male body image: a review of current methodology. Psychol Men Masculinity 2004; 5: 18-29.
41. Hildebrandt T, Langenbucher J, Schlundt DG. Muscularity concerns among men: development of attitudinal and perceptual measures. Body Image 2004; 1: 169-81.