Correlates of Children's Eating Attitude Test scores among primary school children.
A total of 107 Malay primary school girls (8-9 yr. old) completed a set of measurements on eating behavior (ChEAT, food neophobia scales, and dieting experience), the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, body shape satisfaction, dietary intake, weight, and height. About 38% of the girls scored 20 and more on the ChEAT, and 46% of them reported dieting by reducing sugar and sweets (73%), skipping meals (67%), reducing fat foods (60%) and snacks (53%) as the most frequent methods practiced. In general, those girls with higher ChEAT scores tended to have lower self-esteem (r=.39), indicating they were more unwilling to try new foods (food neophobic) (r=.29), chose a smaller figure for desired body size (r=-.25), and were more dissatisfied with their body size (r=.31).
Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia. zalilah@medic.upm.edu.my
Zalilah Mohd
ZM
Shariff
Zaidah Mohamed
ZM
Yasin
D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology; D001290:Attitude; D001827:Body Height; D001828:Body Image; D049628:Body Size; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D004038:Diet, Reducing / Q000523:psychology; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia / Q000208:ethnology; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010556:Personality Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires