Objectives The purpose of this study was to examine relationships among body mass index
(BMI), self-perceptions, and body image discrepancy in African American (AA) girls. Methods …

The present study aims to identify the dietary patterns of adolescents and associate these
patterns with overweight. We analyzed food-consumption data from 6784 adolescents in the …

Background To analyse the associations between body mass index (BMI) and health‐
related behaviours among Portuguese adolescents based on the three waves of the Health …

Objective There is a lack of data on the association between body self-perception and eating
patterns in Brazil. Thus, this study aimed to explore the relationship between body image …

Excess body fat is associated with chronic degenerative diseases, being a global public
health problem. The aim of this study was to investigate the association of obesity with …

The objective was to verify the association between body dissatisfaction (BD)–constituted by
the desire to lose weight–with family and personal aspects related to the shape of the body …

This study was designed to identify the prevalence of dissatisfaction with body image and
factors associated with it among adolescents from a small town in Brazil. A total of 144 …

Introduction: Adolescents experience rapid physical, cognitive, and psychosocial growth
with different factors contributing to health and well-being. In this view, an important role is …

Objective: To evaluate the association between body weight perception and quality of diet
among Brazilian adolescents. Methods: The sample was composed of 71,740 adolescents …

Purpose To conduct a cluster randomized controlled trial comparing the Brazilian version of
the New Moves program (NMP) versus observation among Brazilian adolescent girls …