title: Body dissatisfaction in California adolescents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Factors that contribute to body dissatisfaction among adolescents from ethnically diverse California were examined to determine if the factors vary with gender and race.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data from the 2005 California Health Interview Survey were used; 1807 White, Latino, and Asian American adolescents from 12 to 17 years old were included.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Ordinal multiple logistic regression with gender and ethnicity controlled for revealed two major factors (high body mass index and poor/fair general health status) contribute to body dissatisfaction across gender and ethnicity in California adolescents. Other factors related to body dissatisfaction varied with ethnicity and gender.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Gender- and ethnicity-specific interventions to improve body image in adolescents must be developed.
authors.affiliation: Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California, USA. wilkosz@sonoma.edu
authors.forename: Mary Ellen
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Wilkosz
authors.forename: Jyu-Lin
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kenndey
authors.forename: Sally
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rankin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D001213:Asian / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D001828:Body Image; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000208:ethnology*; D012649:Self Concept; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data