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Direct linkMadanat, Hala; Hawks, Steven R.; Angeles, Heidi N. – Health Education & Behavior, 2011
The nutrition transition is associated with increased obesity rates and increased desire to be thin. This study evaluates the relationship between actual body size and desired body size among a representative sample of 800 Jordanian women. Using Stunkard's body silhouettes, women were asked to identify their current and ideal body sizes, healthy…
Descriptors: Obesity, Body Composition, Females, Self Concept
Download full textHawks, Steven R.; Goudy, Marylynn B.; Gast, Julie A. – American Journal of Health Education, 2003
The purpose of this exploratory study was to evaluate the relationship between emotional eating and spiritual well-being. It was found that among college women lower levels of spiritual well-being correlated with higher levels of emotional eating (r = -0.22, p = 0.0015). In other studies emotional eating has been found to contribute to higher…
Descriptors: Obesity, Health Education, Public Health, Eating Disorders
