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KMID : 0123420060110050562
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Korean Journal of Community Nutrition
2006 Volume.11 No. 5 p.562 ~ p.574
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Comparison of Weight Control Behavior and Self-esteem between Healthy Weight and Obese Children
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Baek Seol-Hyang
Yeo Jung-hee
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Abstract
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The study compared eating and physical activity related behaviors and self-esteem between healthy weight and obese
children by presenting 175 primary school students in Busan City and Gyeongsang province with a self-reported questionnaire and Coopersmith’s self-esteem inventory. The questionnaire was composed of 25 items, weighted primarily
by a Likert scale. The self-esteem inventory presented to the students comprised 25 “Yes” or “No” response questions
to different statements. The study found obese children were more likely to think they always had to control their
weight (p = 0.000), reportedly measuring their weights significantly more than the healthy weight children. Also the
study found that obese children are significantly more likely than healthy weight children to go on a diet, however
neither group were successful in losing weight as the duration of the diet in 79.5% of the total sample lasted no longer
than one week. In comparison to healthy weight children, obese children reported that they consumed fewer snacks
during the day, avoided snacking subsequent to an evening meal and exercised more frequently for as long as physically
possible. Interestingly, we found no difference of reported self-esteem between groups, though the obese group were
more likely to answer that their parents did not understand them (p = 0.055). Based on these findings, we concluded
that the obese children who participated in the study were more aware of their body weights than the healthy weights
children. It may be necessary to investigate further the relationship between self-esteem and participants’ weights while
considering other variables such as personality and body image. (Korean J Community Nutrition 11(5) : 562 ~ 574, 2006)
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KEYWORD
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children obesity, eating behavior, physical activity, snacking, self-esteem
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