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Moderators of the Relationship between Body Dissatisfaction and Eating Pathology in Preadolescent Girls
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Rosewall, Juliet K.; Gleaves, David H.; Latner, Janet D. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2020
Body dissatisfaction (BD) is a common experience among preadolescent girls and a robust risk factor and precursor to eating pathology (EP). Although the relationship between BD and EP has been well documented, there is less research exploring the factors that may make this relationship more or less pronounced. In the current study, we investigated…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Self Concept, Eating Disorders, Preadolescents
'You Can Tell Kind of about the Body': Young Children, Health, Fitness and Fatness
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Pugmire, Ria; Lyons, Antonia C. – Sport, Education and Society, 2018
Fears of an 'obesity epidemic' in New Zealand and elsewhere have led to a growing focus on children's weight, diet and activities. The aim of this research project was to highlight children's voices, stepping back from obesity interventions to explore how health and obesity discourses are taken up by young primary school children. Nine 6 and…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Body Composition, Human Body, Obesity
"Tidy, Toned and Fit": Locating Healthism within Elite Athlete Programmes
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Brown, Seth – Sport, Education and Society, 2017
Coaches and athletes have been increasingly inundated with power related "truths" about their bodies, health and performance as they construct their subjectivities. Over the last couple of decades in New Zealand, schools have initiated elite athlete programmes (EAPs) for a select few students based primarily on their athletic ability and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Athletes, Athletics
The Social Environment of Schools and Adolescent Nutrition: Associations between the School Nutrition Climate and Adolescents' Eating Behaviors and Body Mass Index
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Cvjetan, Branko; Utter, Jennifer; Robinson, Elizabeth; Denny, Simon – Journal of School Health, 2014
Background: The aim of this study was to determine the association between the school nutrition climate and students' eating behaviors and body mass index (BMI). Methods: Data were collected as part of Youth'07, a nationally representative health survey of high school students in New Zealand. Overall, 9107 randomly selected students from 96…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Correlation, Nutrition, Educational Environment
Family Meals among New Zealand Young People: Relationships with Eating Behaviors and Body Mass Index
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Utter, Jennifer; Denny, Simon; Robinson, Elizabeth; Fleming, Terry; Ameratunga, Shanthi; Grant, Sue – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2013
Objective: To examine the relationship between family meals and nutrition behaviors of adolescents. Design: Secondary analysis of Youth'07, a nationally representative survey. Setting: Secondary schools in New Zealand. Participants: Randomly selected adolescents (aged 13-17 years, n = 9,107) completed a multimedia and anonymous survey about their…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Nutrition Instruction, Obesity
The Health and Wellbeing of Staff Members at a Tertiary Institution in New Zealand
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Dreyer, Sonja; Dreyer, Lukas I.; Rankin, Dean M. – ICHPER-SD Journal of Research, 2010
The purpose of this study was to determine the physical, psychological and biochemical health status of staff members at a higher educational institution (Institute of Technology). Relative large numbers of subjects were identified with hypertension (18.5%), stress symptoms (32.1%), job stress (36%) and emotional exhaustion (11.4%). Thirty percent…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Body Height, Body Composition, Fatigue (Biology)