Obesity, Self Image, Eating Behaviour, Nutriton and Activity in Australian preadolescent school children.

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/107262

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Obesity in children is increasing, but there is a great deal of concern about whether education about diet and obesity will produce eating disorders. While there is a lot of information about the eating practices, body image worries and self esteem in teenagers, there is no information really available about what primary school children in this country know about eating, about whether they diet or not, where they get their information about dieting and about their self esteem and body image particularly if they are overweight or very thin. It is important to gather this information as it is in the teen years that problems about eating and body image really emerge. These concerns must be starting in primary school children, This study aims to gather this information and more from 2442 primary school children across NSW. This information will enable proper education programs about eating, body image and obesity to be developed so no harm is caused by trying to reduce obesity. This study will also gather important information about how many children are obese or have eating disorders and will see what part their physical activity plays in their weight and the way they go about controlling it. To have healthy adults in the next generation, with less obesity and eating problems, it is important to gather information about nutrition and eating beliefs, dieting, body image and self esteem in children now.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2000

End Date: 01-01-2002

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $167,328.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Nutrition And Dietetics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Activity and obesity | Childhood nutrition and dieting practices | Eating disorders in preadolescents | Obesity and underweight in children | body image and self esteem in primary school children | childhood obesity | eating behaviours and eating disorders in school children | nutriton knowledge and practice of preadolescents | weight control practices and beliefs in school children

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