title: Breakfast Cereal Consumption Moderates the Association Between Body Composition and Body Esteem in Young Women but not in Young Men.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the role of breakfast cereal consumption on the relationships among BMI, percent fat mass (%FM), and body esteem in young adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  Weight, height, and %FM (by air displacement plethysmography) were measured in 29 males (aged 25.1 ± 4.0 years) and 28 females (aged 24.6 ± 4.0 years). Body esteem was measured using the Body Esteem Scale for Adolescents and Adults (BESAA). Three-day food records classified participants as breakfast cereal consumers (n = 27, any amount of ready-to-eat or cooked cereal consumed at breakfast) versus nonconsumers (n = 30, no cereal consumed at breakfast).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The %FM was significantly (P ≤ 0.05) inversely correlated with weight esteem (r = -0.769), appearance esteem (r = -0.723), and external attribution (r = -0.620) in female noncereal consumers. BMI was similarly correlated with BESAA scores. These relationships were not significant in female cereal consumers (all r < 0.426), despite no difference in confounding variables between female cereal consumers and nonconsumers. Neither BMI nor %FM were correlated with measures of body esteem (all r < 0.466, NS) in either male cereal consumers or nonconsumers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Breakfast cereal consumption may moderate the relationship among BMI, %FM, and body esteem in young adult women and may be useful for improving body esteem without focusing on weight loss.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Relations and Applied Human Nutrition, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON.
authors.forename: Holly-Anne
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Relations and Applied Human Nutrition, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON.
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marcinow
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Relations and Applied Human Nutrition, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hicks
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Relations and Applied Human Nutrition, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON.
authors.forename: Andrea C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Buchholz
mesh_terms: D050154:Adiposity; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001823:Body Composition; D057215:Body Dysmorphic Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D001828:Body Image; D015992:Body Mass Index; D062408:Breakfast; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004032:Diet / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000523:psychology; D015930:Diet Records; D002523:Edible Grain; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009864:Ontario; D050177:Overweight / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D012649:Self Concept; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D055815:Young Adult