Perceptions of female body silhouettes by 17-year-old urban South African boys and girls.

<p>Perceptions of female body silhouettes by 17-year-old urban South African boys and girls.</p

Longitudinal change between 13 and 17 year old urban South African _Adolescents.

<p><b>P*-</b> P value for the longitudinal change in each ethnic and gender group.</p><p>Longitudinal change between 13 and 17 year old urban South African _Adolescents.</p

Reasons for weight control behaviors among age 13 and 17 black African girls (A); black African boys (B); mixed ancestral girls (C) and mixed ancestral boys (D).

<p>Reasons for weight control behaviors among age 13 and 17 black African girls (A); black African boys (B); mixed ancestral girls (C) and mixed ancestral boys (D).</p

General characteristics of 17 year old black African and mixed ancestral urban South_{African boys and girls.}

a<p>Cole et al Age-gender specific BMI cutoffs for age 17.5 years adolescent boys and girls.</p><p>A- Statistical significance for black African and mixed ancestral boys.</p><p>B – Statistical significance for black African and mixed ancestral girl.</p><p>General characteristics of 17 year old black African and mixed ancestral urban South_{African boys and girls.}</p

The Home Environment

Analýza pojmu " prostředí domova", "domov" a "prostředí" a jejich sémantické významy. Zkoumání osobních vztahů člověka k prostředí domova. Funkce symbolizace a procesy identifikace v prostředí. Prostředí, domov a místo jako téma ve výtvarném umění a námět pro hodiny výtvarné výchovy. Název "Prostředí domova" umožňuje zaměřovat se jak na významy jednotlivých slov, tak i na jejich kombinace. Hlavním cílem nebylo vnímat domov pouze jako místo, ve kterém žiji, ale spíše sledovat, na jakých bodech je vystavěno naše kritérium pro moment, kdy jsme schopni nazvat místo domovem a souvisle s tímto prohlášením to tak cítit. Přesto si uvědomuji, že prvoplánově se nabízí vnímání domova jakožto teritoria, kde se cítím být doma. Pokud se řekne "prostředí domova", vyvstane mi na mysl místo a otázka, "Jak to tam vypadá?"... a přesto to není nijak podstatné. Pokud mluvíme o domově, míníme tím konkrétní místo, ničím nenahraditelné, a přesto těchto míst mohu vnímat jako domov souvisle několik. Žádná z odpovědí nebude nesprávná. Jde jen o způsob uchopení, jakým způsobem na domov nahlížíme. Zda je pro mne domov místem, nebo něčím nehmatatelným. Mou snahou je na základě kontextů vycházejících z těchto termínů, jejich možných kombinací, zkoumat další možné úhly pohledu na problém, které nám spojení domov a prostředí nabízí

Body Image Satisfaction, Eating Attitudes and Perceptions of Female Body Silhouettes in Rural South African Adolescents

<div><p>This study aims to examine the associations between BMI, disordered eating attitude, body dissatisfaction in female adolescents, and descriptive attributes assigned to silhouettes of varying sizes in male and female adolescents, aged 11 to 15, in rural South Africa. Height and weight were measured to determine BMI. Age and sex-specific cut-offs for underweight and overweight/obesity were determined using the International Obesity Task Force cut-offs. Body image satisfaction using Feel-Ideal Discrepancy (FID) scores, Eating Attitudes Test-26 (EAT-26), and perceptual female silhouettes were collected through self-administered questionnaires in 385 adolescents from the Agincourt Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance System (HSDSS). Participants self-reported their Tanner pubertal stage and were classified as early pubertal (< = Tanner stage 2), and mid to post pubertal (Tanner stage > 2). Mid to post pubertal boys and girls were significantly heavier, taller, and had higher BMI values than their early pubertal counterparts (all p<0.001). The prevalence of overweight and obesity was higher in the girls than the boys in both pubertal stages. The majority (83.5%) of the girls demonstrated body dissatisfaction (a desire to be thinner or fatter). The girls who wanted to be fatter had a significantly higher BMI than the girls who wanted to be thinner (p<0.001). There were no differences in EAT-26 scores between pubertal groups, within the same sex, and between boys and girls within the two pubertal groups. The majority of the boys and the girls in both pubertal groups perceived the underweight silhouettes to be “unhappy” and “weak” and the majority of girls in both pubertal groups perceived the normal silhouettes to be the “best”. These findings suggest a need for policy intervention that will address a healthy body size among South African adolescents.</p></div

Difference in BMI between the FID categories.

<p>Difference in BMI between the FID categories.</p

Subjects characteristics by sex and pubertal stages of development.

<p>Subjects characteristics by sex and pubertal stages of development.</p

Female adolescents’ body image dissatisfaction.

<p>Female adolescents’ body image dissatisfaction.</p

Characteristics of Stunkard’s silhouettes chosen by early and mid to post pubertal girls to represent different dimensions of body image.

<p>Characteristics of Stunkard’s silhouettes chosen by early and mid to post pubertal girls to represent different dimensions of body image.</p