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Tsou, Meng-Wen; Liu, Jin-Tan – Education Economics, 2006
This paper sets out to examine the impacts of schooling and health knowledge on the level of obesity in Taiwan. The results obtained from a sample of Taiwanese females support the hypothesis of Grossman that schooling has a direct positive effect on health by reducing the likelihood of a person being obese. The awareness of obesity-disease…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Obesity, Health Behavior

DeWolfe, Judith A.; Jack, Elizabeth – Journal of School Health, 1984
This article explores effectiveness of three different types of follow-up of a weight control program in assisting adolescent girls to achieve and maintain ideal body weights. The results of the follow-up strategies are presented. (Author/DF)
Descriptors: Body Weight, Eating Habits, Females, Followup Studies

And Others; Silverman, Lloyd H. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1978
Obese women were treated in behavior modification programs for overeating. Behavior programs were accompanied by subliminal stimulation and by symbiotic and control messages. The symbiotic condition gave evidence of enhancing weight loss. This finding supports the proposition that subliminal stimulation of symbiotic fantasies can enhance the…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Fantasy, Females, Habit Formation

And Others; Brownell, Kelly D. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1978
Obese females were assigned to a standard behavioral treatment (SBT) group, a group receiving weight control manuals via mail (MMC), or a waiting list control condition. Results revealed superiority of both treatments over control condition. SBT subjects did better than MMC subjects. Weight loss for MMC subjects was minimal. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Modification, Behavioral Objectives, Females
Psychological and Behavioral Risk Factors for Obesity Onset in Adolescent Girls: A Prospective Study
Stice, Eric; Presnell, Katherine; Shaw, Heather; Rohde, Paul – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2005
Because little is known about risk factors for obesity, the authors tested whether certain psychological and behavioral variables predicted future onset of obesity. The authors used data from a prospective study of 496 adolescent girls who completed a baseline assessment at age 11-15 years and 4 annual follow-ups. Self-reported dietary restraint,…
Descriptors: Psychology, Females, Risk, Obesity
Cawley, John – Journal of Human Resources, 2004
Previous studies of the relationship between body weight and wages have found mixed results. This paper uses a larger data set and several regression strategies in an attempt to generate more consistent estimates of the effect of weight on wages. Differences across gender, race, and ethnicity are explored. This paper finds that weight lowers wages…
Descriptors: Obesity, Wages, Correlation, Regression (Statistics)
Alleyne, Sylvan I.; LaPoint, Velma – Journal of Black Psychology, 2004
This article focuses on the causes, consequences, and prevention of obesity among a subgroup of the American population, Black adolescent girls. Using an ecological perspective on obesity among Black adolescent girls, including feminist-womanist perspectives and historical and medical sociological perspectives, the authors discuss genetic,…
Descriptors: Prevention, Females, Cultural Influences, Obesity
Manwaring, Jamie L.; Bryson, Susan W.; Goldschmidt, Andrea B.; Winzelberg, Andrew J.; Luce, Kristine H.; Cunning, Darby; Wilfley, Denise E.; Taylor, C. Barr – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
Unlike traditional interventions, Internet interventions allow for objective tracking and examination of the usage of program components. Student Bodies (SB), an online eating disorder (ED) prevention program, significantly reduced ED attitudes/behaviors in college-aged women with high body image concerns, and reduced the development of EDs in…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Prevention, Eating Disorders, Internet

Stake, Jayne; Lauer, Monica L. – Sex Roles, 1987
Consequences of body weight were explored in sample of women and men. Average weight subjects showed preference for thin women but not for thin men; women are more negatively affected by body size in opposite-sex relationships; being overweight negatively affected self-attitudes of all subjects, but particularly those of women; and women are…
Descriptors: Body Image, Body Weight, Females, Interpersonal Relationship

Shestowsky, Brenda J. – Adolescence, 1983
Investigated the relationship between ego identity development and obesity in adolescent girls (N=30). Subjects completed the Washington University Sentence Completion Test for ego identity development. Significant differences in scores of ego identity emerged between normal weight subjects and puberty-onset obese subjects and between…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences, Females

And Others; Zakus, Gloria – Adolescence, 1979
Described is a group weight control project with severely obese adolescent girls in a medical setting. Behavior modification principles were utilized with peer group interaction. Significant others had separate group meetings. Small amounts of weight loss were recorded. Dropouts continued to have a net gain. (Author/KC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Body Weight, Dietetics

Agras, W. Stewart; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1996
Studied maintenance procedures in 201 overweight female participants who completed a very-low-calorie diet. Posed two questions: (1) Would stimulus narrowing during the reintroduction of solid food improve weight losses and the maintenance of those losses? and (2) Would reintroduction of foods dependent on progress in losing or maintaining weight…
Descriptors: Adults, Body Composition, Body Weight, Dietetics

Page, Randy M.; Lee, Ching-Mei; Miao, Nae-Fang – Journal of School Health, 2004
This study compared consistency of age- and gender-specific self-reported height and weight and calculated body mass index among a sample of high school students in Taipei County, Taiwan to reference values for Taiwanese school-aged youth obtained through national studies. Taipei high school students provided self-reports of height and weight that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Papers (Students), Scientific Concepts, Researchers
Howze, Elizabeth H. – 1986
Research in the areas of social networks and social support has illustrated some of the complex ways in which those areas contribute to health. A study was conducted to examine the structure of social support among older women, its influences on physical and emotional health status and on behaviors associated with increased risk of chronic…
Descriptors: Drinking, Females, Mental Health, Obesity

Pearce, John W.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1981
Evaluated the effectiveness of spouse training for long-term weight loss. Overweight women (N=68) were assigned to one of five groups. The cooperative spouse group lost significantly more weight. That group and the nonparticipating spouse conditions maintained their weight losses at the final follow-up. The wives-alone group regained some weight.…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Body Weight, Eating Habits, Experimental Groups