Dieting behaviour among primary school students in Athens, Greece

dc.contributor.author	Λάγιου, Αρετή	el
dc.contributor.author	Στοϊκίδου, Μελπομένη	el
dc.contributor.author	Ανθούλη - Αναγνωστοπούλου, Φραγκίσκη	el
dc.contributor.author	Παράβα, Μαρία	el
dc.date.accessioned	2015-04-21T16:19:27Z
dc.date.issued	2015-04-21
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/8617
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.subject	Nutrition
dc.subject	Personal health
dc.subject	Sex differences
dc.subject	Διατροφή
dc.subject	Προσωπική υγεία
dc.subject	Διαφορές φύλου
dc.title	Dieting behaviour among primary school students in Athens, Greece	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.secondaryTitle	relationship to gender and body weight	en
heal.classification	Medicine
heal.classification	Education
heal.classification	Ιατρική
heal.classification	Εκπαίδευση
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heal.classificationURI	N/A-Εκπαίδευση
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heal.dateAvailable	10000-01-01
heal.language	en
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heal.recordProvider	Σχολή Επαγγελμάτων Υγείας και Πρόνοιας. Τμήμα Δημόσιας Υγείας και Κοινοτικής Υγείας. Κατεύθυνση Δημόσιας Υγείας (Δημόσιας Υγιεινής)	el
heal.publicationDate	2008-01
heal.bibliographicCitation	Lagiou, A., Stoikidou, M., Anthouli-Anagnostopoulou, F. and Parava, M. (2008) Dieting behaviour among primary school students in Athens, Greece: relationship to gender and body weight. "Review of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics", 22 (1), p. 19-25. Available from: http://pharmakonpress.gr/?p=7261 [Accessed: 21/04/2015]	en
heal.abstract	Background: Childhood obesity and eating disorders are growing public health problems in the developed world. This study examined dieting behaviour and its relationships to socioedemographic profile, body weight, eating patterns and physical activity among students who participated in a cross-sectional study in Athens, Greece. Methods: During spring 2003, data on diet, physical activity and anthropometric characteristics were obtained from 633 students aged 10-12 years old (50% boys, 50% girls) of 11 schools in the greater Athens area. Multivariate logistic regression was used to study the association between dieting behaviour as the dependent variable and sociodemographic profile, body weight, eating patterns and physical activity as predictor variables. Results: The probability of attempted weight loss through dieting was significantly higher among overweight students (1.34; 1.26 to 1.43; P < 10-3) and significantly higher among girls than among boys (1.63; 1.06 to 2.50; P=0.027). Reported physical activity (per 1.5 hours per day) or patent inactivity, operationalized as time spent watching television or working/playing with the computer (per 1.5 hours per day) were unrelated to dieting behaviour (1.03; 0.90 to 1.18; P=0.627) and (1.06; 0.93 to 1.21; P=0.417), respectively. Composition of diet was unrelated to dieting but the daily number of eating occasions, controlling for total energy intake, was significantly inversely associated to dieting behaviour (0.65; 0.49-0.85; P=0.001). Conclusion: Children are frequently concerned about their body weight and weight reduction efforts are common among overweight Greek, 10-12 years old, primary school children. Family, school and community-based programs are needed to help children adopt healthy eating and exercising practices.	en
heal.journalName	Review of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
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