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Social acceptance network map for classes: (a) prevalence of overweight and obesity = 9.68%, n = 31; OO = 1/4 (25.00%), NU = 2/27 (7.41%); (b) prevalence of overweight and obesity = 19.35%, n = 31; OO = 1/6 (16.67%), NU = 6/25 (24.00%); (c) prevalence of overweight and obesity = 27.59%, n = 29; OO = 3/8 (37.50%), NU = 2/21 (9.52%); and (d) prevalence of overweight and obesity = 53.85%, n = 26; OO = 5/14 (35.71%), NU = 1/12 (8.33%).
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This study examined the association between adolescents’ obesity and sociometric status among their peers across 1 year. The participants were 2,528 junior high school students from Taiwan (mean age = 13.31 years). The negative associations discovered between obesity and sociometric status were both concurrent and cumulative. Moreover, the adolesce...
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... social acceptance networks are presented in Figure 1 to visualize the weight status of marginalized students in the classroom setting. Four classes were selected from which to draw social acceptance networks on the basis of the percentile ranking (PR) of overweight or obese students in the ninth grade (i.e., PR ≤ 25, 25 < PR ≤ 50, 50 < PR ≤ 75, and 75 < PR ≤ 100). ...
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... and obese adolescents were more likely to be isolated in the social acceptance network (to be outside the black line range). Even in a class with a higher percentage of overweight and obese students, the overweight and obese adolescents were still more likely to be in isolated positions in the social acceptance network (Figure 1d). Note. ...
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Introduction
Adolescents with obesity are more likely to be isolated by peers, but whether they also choose to disengage from their peers remains unclear.
Methods
This study examined a sample of 646 adolescents between the age of 13 and 16 across 34 classrooms in 3 junior high schools in Taiwan, with data collected from May to June 2019. The sociometric network nomination method assessed peer relationships, such as unpopularity, unsociability, and alienation. Multilevel models were applied to explore the extent to which the class‐level prevalence of overweight and obesity and peer support moderate the relationship between student‐level obesity and peer relationships.
Results
Overall, students with obesity were more likely to experience unpopularity, unsociability, and alienation from their peers in classroom settings (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 1.904, 2.208, 2.777, p < .05). Regardless of their obesity status, students in high classroom peer support were less likely to report unsociability (AOR = 0.124, p < .05). No cross‐level interactions were observed, indicating that students with obesity did not experience a reduction of peer rejection in high peer support classrooms. Neither did obese students in classrooms with higher rates of overweight and obesity.
Conclusions
Students with obesity were more likely to experience interpersonal problems. Classroom peer support can increase peer acceptance for typical students but has no beneficial influence on adolescents with weight problems. Classroom peer support needs to be directed to become adequate support for students with obesity.
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Background
The prevalence of disordered eating is increasing among adolescents in Asia. The prevalence and predictors of disordered eating in boys have often gone unrecognized. This study examined gender-specific responses to multifaceted factors associated with disordered eating, including personal, behavioral, family, and school-related characteristics.
Methods
After excluding responses with incomplete information, a sample of 729 adolescents (48.97% boys) between the ages of 13 and 16 were surveyed through convenience sampling from 37 classrooms in three junior high schools in New Taipei City of Taiwan were analyzed. The Eating Attitudes Test-26 questionnaire was used to identify disordered eating.
Results
No difference in the prevalence of disordered eating between the genders was found. Adolescent girls exhibit a preoccupation with fatness and a desire to be thinner, whereas boys are more likely to engage in extreme dieting behaviors such as vomiting, keeping the stomach empty, and avoiding sweets. Girls engaging in disordered eating reported relatively high levels of interpersonal stress involving family member weight-teasing, low peer acceptance, and high peer pressure to control weight. High intensity of regular exercise was found in girls with disordered eating. The perception of body weight is a more critical factor of engaging in disordered eating for boys than girls. Adolescents with immigrant parents were associated with disordered eating among both genders.
Conclusions
Changing gender-specific weight-related norms in schools and families is essential to reduce the prevalence of disordered eating, particularly among girls. Future studies using representative samples to confirm this study’s findings are warranted.
Stigmatization of overweight and obese individuals is common in interpersonal relationships. This study investigated longitudinal weight change patterns among Taiwanese adolescents and the relationship of weight change patterns with delayed romantic experience from late adolescence to young adulthood by using a representative panel survey. Individuals were divided into six weight change pattern categories according to changes in their body mass index. Two-stage stratified and clustered sampling was used to obtain a representative student sample, and 1,834 junior high school students were followed up over 7 years. Persistent obesity and a change from an underweight to a normal weight status over 7 years were independently associated with delayed romantic experience in both sexes. Moreover, females but not males who changed from an underweight or normal weight status to an overweight or obese status had increased odds of delayed romantic experience. Persistent obesity should be addressed early in life because it plays a crucial role in delayed romantic experience.
