한국 청소년 여학생의 신체이미지 왜곡 실태와 영향요인- 제14차 청소년건강행태조사 이용 -

Abstract

This study was undertaken to examine body image distortion among female adolescents and identify related factors. Rawdata from the 14th Korean Youth Health Behavior Survey were used. The proportion of participants exhibiting body imagedistortion was 39.5%, with the ratio being higher among female students of normal weight as compared to underweightfemale students. Logistic regression revealed that the risk of having a distorted body image was higher among high schoolfemales than in middle school females having lower subjective academic performance and household economic status. Inaddition, the risk of having a distorted body image was higher for students who drank alcohol when compared to studentswho did not drink, for the group engaging vigorously in physical activity (exercise) more than three times per week asopposed to the group exercising less than three times per week, and for the group consuming less than one serving of fruitper day as compared to the group consuming more than one serving of fruit per day. Taken together, the results of this studyindicate that continuous nutrition education needs to be provided so that adolescents can correctly perceive their bodyimages and form desirable eating habits.