Eating attitudes of Native American and white female adolescents: a comparison of BMI- and age-matched groups

Ethnicity & Health
Wesley C LynchJinell Sherrodd

Abstract

To explore the differences in eating attitudes between groups of Native American and white female adolescents based on data derived from the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26). Selected data presented here were derived from a larger convenience sample of (2,000 students in grades 5-12 using a self-report questionnaire, which included the EAT-26 and various demographic questions, administered by teachers at 17 schools across Montana (USA). Comparing the eating attitudes of age- and body-mass-index (BMI)-matched Native American and White girls (mean age=14.2 years) revealed that Native ethnicity was associated with significantly higher dieting and restricting/purging scores. BMI was strongly positively associated with greater food preoccupation, independently of ethnicity. Both Native ethnicity and low BMI scores contributed to higher restricting/purging and social pressure/oral control scores. In general, Native American girls reported significantly higher scores on the EAT-26 due mainly to more dieting, more perceived social pressure to eat, and more restricting and purging. By contrast, higher BMI was associated with greater food preoccupation, less restricting/purging, and less social pressure to eat. Thus, while Native American ...Continue Reading

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