| Title |
Identifying the ‘red flags’ for unhealthy weight control among adolescents: Findings from an item response theory analysis of a national survey
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|---|---|
| Published in |
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, August 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1479-5868-9-99 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jennifer Utter, Simon Denny, Elizabeth Robinson, Shanthi Ameratunga, Sue Crengle |
| Abstract |
Weight control behaviors are common among young people and are associated with poor health outcomes. Yet clinicians rarely ask young people about their weight control; this may be due to uncertainty about which questions to ask, specifically around whether certain weight loss strategies are healthier or unhealthy or about what weight loss behaviors are more likely to lead to adverse outcomes. Thus, the aims of the current study are: to confirm, using item response theory analysis, that the underlying latent constructs of healthy and unhealthy weight control exist; to determine the 'red flag' weight loss behaviors that may discriminate unhealthy from healthy weight loss; to determine the relationships between healthy and unhealthy weight loss and mental health; and to examine how weight control may vary among demographic groups. |
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| United States | 3 | 38% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 25% |
| Philippines | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 2 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 3 | 38% |
| Scientists | 1 | 13% |
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| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Australia | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 83 | 98% |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 11 | 13% |
| Researcher | 9 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 9% |
| Other | 20 | 24% |
| Unknown | 18 | 21% |
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| Nursing and Health Professions | 18 | 21% |
| Psychology | 15 | 18% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 14 | 16% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 5% |
| Arts and Humanities | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 7 | 8% |
| Unknown | 24 | 28% |
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