PMID- 25182568
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150511
LR  - 20140903
IS  - 1445-6354 (Electronic)
IS  - 1445-6354 (Linking)
VI  - 14
IP  - 3
DP  - 2014
TI  - Body weight perceptions and eating-related weight control behaviors of on-reserve 
      First Nations youth from Ontario, Canada.
PG  - 2665
AB  - INTRODUCTION: Research investigating the body weight perceptions and 
      eating-related weight control behaviors of First Nations (FN) youth living on 
      reserve in Canada has been scarce. Knowledge of body weight perceptions may help 
      to improve the relevance of initiatives promoting healthy weights. The purpose of 
      this study was to examine the body weight perceptions and eating-related weight 
      control behaviors of grade 6-8 on-reserve FN youth from seven Ontario 
      communities. METHODS: Data were collected from December 2003 to June 2010 from a 
      convenience sample of FN youth (aged 10-14 years) using the Waterloo Web-based 
      Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (WEB-Q). Participants were categorized into body 
      mass index (BMI) categories based on International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) cut 
      points. Frequency statistics were computed in the comparison of measured BMI and 
      weight perceptions and weight control behaviors. Differences by BMI category were 
      tested using Pearson Χ2 tests. RESULTS: A total of 267 youth from seven 
      Ontario FN communities participated in the study (48.6% male). Overall, 36.3% of 
      youth were overweight and 21.3% were obese (combined total of 57.6%). Similar to 
      non-Aboriginal youth, a greater proportion of FN girls who were at a normal 
      weight were concerned that their weight was too high compared to boys. However, 
      one-third of normal weight boys were currently trying to lose weight. A greater 
      proportion of obese girls were trying to lose weight compared to boys. Overall, a 
      large proportion of both overweight boys and girls were attempting to gain 
      weight. CONCLUSIONS: The present study provides a unique investigation into the 
      weight perceptions and weight control behaviors of on-reserve FN youth living in 
      isolated communities in Ontario, Canada. Many of the perceptions elucidated in 
      this study are similar to those observed in non-Aboriginal youth, while others 
      differed. The knowledge of these perceptions and further research to investigate 
      what factors influences them will help to customize health promoting initiatives 
      that are relevant to the youth in the participating communities.
FAU - Gates, Allison
AU  - Gates A
AD  - School of Public Health & Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, 
      Ontario, Canada. agates@uwaterloo.ca.
FAU - Hanning, Rhona M
AU  - Hanning RM
AD  - School of Public Health & Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, 
      Ontario, Canada. rhanning@uwaterloo.ca.
FAU - Martin, Ian D
AU  - Martin ID
AD  - University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. ianmartin@mac.com.
FAU - Gates, Michelle
AU  - Gates M
AD  - School of Public Health & Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, 
      Ontario, Canada. m2gates@uwaterloo.ca.
FAU - Tsuji, Leonard J S
AU  - Tsuji LJ
AD  - Environment & Resource Studies, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, 
      Canada. ljtsuji@uwaterloo.ca.
LA  - eng
GR  - Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Canada
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20140902
PL  - Australia
TA  - Rural Remote Health
JT  - Rural and remote health
JID - 101174860
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Body Weights and Measures
MH  - Child
MH  - Feeding Behavior/*ethnology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Indians, North American/*psychology
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/ethnology
MH  - Ontario/epidemiology
MH  - Overweight/*ethnology
MH  - *Weight Perception
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - North America
OT  - Nutrition
OT  - Public Health
OT  - Youth
EDAT- 2014/09/04 06:00
MHDA- 2015/05/12 06:00
CRDT- 2014/09/04 06:00
PHST- 2014/09/04 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/09/04 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/05/12 06:00 [medline]
AID - 2665 [pii]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Rural Remote Health. 2014;14(3):2665. Epub 2014 Sep 2.