title: Healthy Eating Index-C is compromised among adolescents with body weight concerns, weight loss dieting, and meal skipping.
abstract: The objective was to describe weight concerns, dieting, and meal skipping of adolescents and to determine associations with the Healthy Eating Index-C (HEI-C). Data, that were collected using the Food Behaviour Questionnaire, revealed that participants (male=810, female=1016) in grades 9/10 reported weight concerns (n=518), dieting (n=364), and skipping breakfast (n=498), lunch (n=252), and/or dinner (n=129). Of those dieting or weight concerned (n=602), 61% were healthy weight and of those not dieting or weight concerned (n=1224), 13% were overweight/obese. The ordinal logistic regression analysis revealed that HEI-C was likely to be rated lower among those weight concerned and dieting (p<.001), and among those that skipped the breakfast meal (p<.001). The current study identified inappropriate weight concerns and dieting that compromised diet quality and has implications for future intervention and policy development.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Behavioural Research and Program Evaluation, , University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Sarah J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Woodruff
authors.forename: Rhona M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Hanning
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lambraki
authors.forename: Kate E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Storey
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McCargar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000416:Alberta; D001828:Body Image; D001835:Body Weight; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004034:Diet Surveys; D004038:Diet, Reducing / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009864:Ontario; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires