Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life (동아시아식생활학회지)
- Volume 18 Issue 5
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- Pages.651-661
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- 2008
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- 1225-6781(pISSN)
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- 2288-8802(eISSN)
Obesity-related Stress, Food Group Intake, and Physical Activity in Mothers and Their Children
어머니의 비만 스트레스와 어머니 및 유아 자녀의 비만도, 식품 섭취 및 활동량에 대한 연구
- Ha, Ae-Wha (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Soong Eui Women's College) ;
- Kim, Jong-Hwa (Dept. of Early Childhood Education, Soong Eui Women's College) ;
- Yoo, Kyong-Suk (Dept. of Early Childhood Education, Soong Eui Women's College)
- Published : 2008.10.31
Abstract
The mother's obesity-related stress and it's association with obesity, food intake, and physical activity in both mothers and their children were determined. Based on self-reports from 470 mothers, obesity stress of mothers were scored by using a five-point Likert scale; only low and high stress scores were used in this study. The perceptions of mothers' weights and their children's weights, mothers' Body Mass Indices (BMI), and preschoolers' Weight-Length Indices (WLI)(%) were also determined. The obesity stress of mothers was significantly associated with the mothers' BMI (high stress: