Fat ′n Happy 5 Years Later: Is It Bad for Overweight Girls to Like Their Bodies?

• Published in: Journal of adolescent health Vol. 41; no. 4; pp. 415 - 417
• Main Authors: van den Berg, Patricia, Ph.D, Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.10.2007; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescent girls; Adolescents; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Biological and medical sciences; Body Image; Body Mass Index; Body satisfaction; Eating; Eating behavior disorders; Eating disorders; Female; Females; Humans; Linear Models; Longitudinal Studies; Medical sciences; Metabolic diseases; Minnesota; Miscellaneous; Motivation; Motivation: Body mass index; Obesity; Obesity - psychology; Overweight; Pediatrics; Personal Satisfaction; Psychology, Adolescent; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Satisfaction; Weight Loss; Minnesota; Motivation: Body mass index; Body image; Eating disorders; Weight loss; Adolescents; Females; Overweight; Body satisfaction; Human; Satisfaction; Eating disorder; Body mass index; Motivation; Follow up study; Adolescent; Female
• ISSN: 1054-139X; 1879-1972
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.06.001

Abstract Does a moderate degree of body dissatisfaction motivate overweight adolescents to lose weight? We examined the relationship between body satisfaction and BMI 5 years later in overweight adolescent girls from Project EAT (Eating Among Teens), and found that girls with higher body satisfaction gained less weight over 5 years.