Reading magazine articles about dieting and associated weight control behaviors among adolescents.
The purpose was to examine the sociodemographic characteristics of adolescents who read magazine articles about dieting/weight loss and the relationship between reading these types of magazine articles and psychosocial well-being and weight control behaviors. Dieting-related magazine exposure was associated with indicators of psychosocial distress and unhealthy dieting; interventions that address media consumption should reach out to all youth regardless of ethnic and social backgrounds
Utter
Jennifer
J
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454, USA.
Neumark-Sztainer
Dianne
D
Wall
Melanie
M
Story
Mary
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D001828:Body Image; D003710:Demography; D004032:Diet / Q000523:psychology*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D010565:Persuasive Communication; D014481:United States; D015431:Weight Loss