Some correlates of body dissatisfaction in urban school students

• DOI: 10.29413/abs.2024-9.4.14
• Publication Date: 2024-09-30T12:57:10Z
• Authors: A. V. Pogodina; T. A. Astakhova; L. N. Lebedeva
• Keywords: obesity; quality of life; screen time; Science; Q; adolescents; body dissatisfaction

Background. Body dissatisfaction is widely spread among the population. It negatively affects human health, contributing to development of eating disorders, anxiety and depressive formation unhealthy patterns lifestyle. Determining factors associated with body in adolescents may be important for prevention above mentioned disorders. The aim work. To describe prevalence, characteristics urban school students. Materials methods. Tenth-grade students (n = 440) underwent anthropometry also filled out questionnaires including socio-demographic lifestyle factors. Collins scales were used assess dissatisfaction, Russian version Paediatric Quality Life Inventory (PedsQL 4.0; Lyon, France) was health-related quality life. Results. 60.2 % reported a desire have figures different from actual one. 42.7 experienced mild 17.5 moderate severe dissatisfaction. frequency comparable both male female adolescents, but it more pronounced girls compared boys (Z 2.2; p 0.029). Boys significantly likely than strive larger what they felt had (38.8 vs. 8.1 %). In contrast, want lose weight (55.4 12.3 Statistically significant associations moderate/severe are shown overweight/ obesity time spent by schoolchildren watching TV, on social networks, Internet. Sports activities demonstrated protective role relation presence reduced all aspects adolescents’ Conclusions. results study justify approach as an independent problem that requires active diagnostics targeted exporure, determine possible directions preventive measures adolescents.