1.Religion,bodyweight,bodyimage,dieting,fatintake,andphysicalactivity.

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Religion,bodyweight,bodyimage,dieting,fatintake,andphysicalactivity.

Author:Kim,KarenHyeCheon11CornellU.,US

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Abstract:Bodyweight,bodyimage,dieting,fatintake,andphysicalactivityplayimportant
rolesinphysicalandmentalhealth,andresearchhasattemptedtounderstandhowsocial
conditionsshapethesefactorstopreventillnessandpromotewellness.Onesocialinstitution
thathasnotbeenthoroughlyexaminedinrelationtothesefactorsisreligion.Surveydata
fromanationalstudyofmidlifedevelopment(MIDUS,n=3032)andfromanupstateNew
Yorkcommunitysample(n=546)wereanalyzedtoexaminereligion'srelationshipswithbody
weight,bodyimage,dieting,fatintake,andphysicalactivity.Psychosocialvariables,suchas
socialsupport,stress,andselfesteemwerealsoexaminedasmediatorsormoderatorsin
theserelationships.Multipleregressionswereconductedseparatelybygender,controllingfor
demographicvariables.Overall,mostrelationshipsbetweenreligionandthesehealthrelated
factorswerenotstatisticallysignificant.However,ConservativeProtestantmenwere
approximatelyfivepoundsheavierthanmenindicatingnoreligiouspreferenceinthenational
sample,withsmokingexplainingasubstantialportionofthisrelationshipbetweenreligionand
bodyweight.Religiousindividuals'lowerlevelsofsmokingasitrelatestobodyweight
suggestedreligion'spossibleroleasasocialcontrolinstitution.Inwomen,religious
commitmentwasassociatedwithanunderestimationofbodyweightinthenationalsample,
andnegativereligiousness(doubtingGod,negativecongregationsupport)wasrelatedto
decreasedbodysatisfactionandincreaseddietinginthecommunitysample.Thesemarked
differencesbetweenpositiveandnegativereligiousnessintheirrelationshipstobody
satisfactionanddietingemphasizedreligion'smultifacetednature.Religiondecreasedthe
magnitudeoftherelationshipbetweenselfesteemandbodysatisfactioninthecommunity
sample,suggestingthatreligionmaypromoteandprovideanalternativetodominantbody
shapenorms.Further,inwomen,greaterreligiouscommitmentwasassociatedwithmore
physicalactivityinthecommunitysample.Therewerealsodenominationaldifferencesinfat
intakeamongwomen,withsomedenominationsreportingsignificantlydifferentfatintakes
thanotherdenominations.Overall,therewerefewrelationshipsbetweenreligion,body
weight,bodyimage,dieting,fatintake,andphysicalactivity.However,thosesignificant
relationshipsbetweenreligionandhealthrelatedfactorssuggestthatreligionplayssomerole
inhealth.Furtherresearchexaminingreligionasaninstitutionprovidingcontrol,worth,and
meaningisneededtoincreaseunderstandingofhowhealthfactorsaredevelopedand
maintained.(PsycINFODatabaseRecord(c)2012APA,allrightsreserved)


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Subject:BodyImage(major)BodyWeight(major)MentalHealth(major)MotorProcesses
(major)Religion(major)PhysicalActivity

Classification:3000:SocialPsychology

Population:Human

Location:US

Identifier(keyword):bodyweightbodyimagedietingfatintakephysicalactivityphysicalhealth
mentalhealthsocialconditions

Methodology:EmpiricalStudy,QuantitativeStudy

Title:Religion,bodyweight,bodyimage,dieting,fatintake,andphysicalactivity.

Publicationtitle:DissertationAbstractsInternational:SectionB:TheSciencesand
Engineering

Volume:64

Issue:9B

Pages:4290

Publicationdate:2004

Formatcovered:Electronic

Publisher:ProQuestInformation&Learning(,US)

Otherpublicationtitle:DissertationAbstractsInternational

ISSN:04194217

Language:English

Documenttype:Dissertation,DissertationAbstract

Dissertationnumber:AAI3104424

Releasedate:30Aug2004(PsycINFO)

Accessionnumber:200499006070

ProQuestdocumentID:620618555

DocumentURL:http://search.proquest.com/docview/620618555?accountid=9784

Database:PsycINFO

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