@ Azmira, Fazilawati Ab Latiff
(2017)
Eating behaviour, body image perception and its associated factors among primary school students in Kota Bharu, Kelantan.
Masters thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Abstract
Objective
The awareness of body image perception among children and adolescent had
increasing trend in recent years. The dissatisfaction of body image has always been
associated with unhealthy eating behaviour, sex and body weight. The objectives of this
study were to identify eating behaviour and to identify body image perception and its
associated factors among primary school students in Kota Bharu, Kelantan.
Design
This was a cross sectional study conducted from March to April 2015 in seven
randomly selected primary schools in Kota Bharu involving 776 students from standard
Five and Six.
Material and Methods
This study used a guided self-administered questionnaire which was adapted from
Adolescent Food Habit Checklist (AFHC) to assess the eating behaviour and Childress
Contour Drawing Rating Scale to evaluate body image perception. Height and body weight
were measured to determine the body mass index (BMI). BMI was categorised as normal,
underweight and overweight/obese according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Results
The mean age of the students was 11.2 year-old with 57.1% of them were females.
Among the students, 51.3% had less healthy eating behaviour with mean AFHC score of
13.15 (SD3.44) while 60.1% had body image dissatisfaction with sex and Body Mass Index
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