Nutrition Education And Body Image Curriculum For College Students

by Akagi Cynthia, Archer-Kato Kimberly, Kimberly Archer-Kato

The purpose of the study was to better understand the effects that nutrition education and body image curriculum has on body image satisfaction and self-esteem following a body image curriculum for female college students. Designing and implementing efficient prevention programs have become a difficult task for prevention researchers and educators (Levin, 2003). A total of 125 college female students participated in three experimental groups in the study. Pre and post semester variances were measured using a 3 X 2 MANCOVA. A Chi-square test of independence analysis was used to evaluate two questions on the KU-EEBQ. Overall, body satisfaction and self-esteem did increase in mean averages but MANCOVA analysis was not significant. A significant interaction for current weight on the KU-EEBQ in the DI group ( (1, N = 58) = 22.13, p

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3639714059
• ISBN13: 9783639714050
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Scholars' Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"