| Keywords |
Obesity ; Weight control ; Body attitude ; Self-esteem |
| Abstract |
The purpose of this study was to investigate the degrees of and relationships between obesity, weight control behaviors, body attitudes and self-esteem in a group of college’s female students majoring in nursing science. Data were collected from 388 participants with self-report questionnaires in June, 2011. There were discrepancies between objective and subjective obesity. A total of 126 (32.5%) participants regarded them obese while only a few of the participants (8, 2.1%) were actually obese. A total of 201 (51.8%) participants had weight control experiences. There were significant differences in the level of body attitudes depending on participants’ obesity. But self-esteem did not vary regardless of the participants’ obesity. The results of this study suggest that nurses need to help college women perceive correct information about their obesity and it is necessary to develop the programs for reasonable weight control and health care not to misvalued their weight and weight control behaviors. |