Weight status and perception of body image in children: the effect of maternal immigrant status

Autor: Augusta Albertini, Luciana Zaccagni, Stefania Toselli, F. Celenza, Emanuela Gualdi-Russo, Vanessa Samantha Manzon, Sabrina Masotti
Přispěvatelé: Gualdi-Russo E, Manzon VS, Masotti S, Toselli S, Albertini A, Celenza F, Zaccagni L.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2012
Předmět:
Male
Pediatrics
Cross-sectional study
Culture
Ideal Body Weight
Ethnic group
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Overweight
Body Mass Index
Child Development
0302 clinical medicine
Prevalence
030212 general & internal medicine
Child
lcsh:RC620-627
2. Zero hunger
Sex Characteristics
Nutrition and Dietetics
Incidence
Incidence (epidemiology)
Immigrant status
lcsh:Nutritional diseases. Deficiency diseases
Italy
Female
Underweight
medicine.symptom
lcsh:Nutrition. Foods and food supply
medicine.medical_specialty
Weight status
Body image perception
Thinness
Emigrants and Immigrants
Mothers
Socio-culturale
030209 endocrinology & metabolism
lcsh:TX341-641
03 medical and health sciences
Body Image
medicine
Humans
Obesity
business.industry
Research
medicine.disease
Health Surveys
Child development
Cross-Sectional Studies
business
Body mass index
Demography
Zdroj: Nutrition Journal, Vol 11, Iss 1, p 85 (2012)
Nutrition Journal; Vol 11
Nutrition Journal
ISSN: 1475-2891
Popis: Background Recent studies have shown that body image perception is an important factor in weight control and may be influenced by culture and ethnicity. The aim of the present study was to assess the relationship between immigrant status of the mother and weight status and body image perception of the child. Methods In total, 2706 schoolchildren (1405 boys and 1301 girls) aged 8–9 years and their mothers participated in a cross-sectional survey in Emilia-Romagna region (northern Italy). Weight and height of the children were measured and Body Mass Index (BMI) was calculated. Actual and ideal body image perception by the children and by the mothers with respect to their children was evaluated according to Collins’ body image silhouettes. Results The BMI values were significantly lower in children of immigrants than in children of Italian mothers (F:17.27 vs 17.99 kg/m2; M:17.77 vs 18.13 kg/m2). The prevalence of overweight/obesity was lower, and the prevalence of underweight higher, in children of immigrant mothers than in those of Italian mothers (overweight- F:21.3 vs 29.1%; M. 28.3 vs 31.4%; underweight- F:5.16 vs 3.84%; M:6.63 vs 2.82%). The children's body image perception was consistent with the differing pattern of nutritional status. In the comparison between actual and ideal figures, the Feel-Ideal Difference Index (FID) scores resulted different between the subsample with foreign-born mother in comparison to the native one (significantly lower in daughters of immigrants) (FID- F: 0.31 vs 0.57; M: 0.35 vs 0.32). There were significant differences in the choice of the ideal figure of the child between immigrant mothers and Italian mothers (FID- F: -0.05 vs 0.19; M: -0.35 vs −0.03): the ideal figure values were higher in the immigrant mothers of male children and lower in the Italian mothers of female children. Conclusion Our results suggest that cultural and behavioral factors linked to ethnicity play an important role in the nutritional status of children and in the perceived and ideal body image.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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