Jiayan Linda Wang, Nazia Acevedo, Georgia Robins Sadler
Using Comics to Promote Colorectal Cancer Screening in the Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities
Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education
study examines background underweight young women japan multiple perspectives focusing whether ever dieted screening survey administered 5905 underweight bmi 185 kgm2 women aged 1829 years could report birth weight recorded motherchild handbook valid responses obtained 400 underweight 189 normalweight women survey collected data regarding height weight bmi body image perception weight dieting experience exercise habits elementary school age onwards current eating habits additionally five standardized questionnaires used eat26 ehealth sataq3 js tipij rses primary analysis comparative analysis ttest2with presence absence underweight diet experience independent variables questionnaire dependent variable screening survey revealed approximately 24 total population underweight low mean bmi respondents half reported body image skinny small percentage obese compared nondietexperienced group ndg dietexperienced group dg significantly higher proportion past current exercise habits significantly higher percentage disagreement responses dg weight food gain ndg ndg weighed significantly less dg terms birth weight lost weight easier dg additionally ndg significantly likely agree increasing weight food intake ndgs exercise habits 40 elementary school age present predominantly owing dislike exercise lack opportunity implement standardized questionnaire dg significantly higher eat26 ehealth sataq3 js conscientiousness tipij whereas ndg significantly higher openness tipij results suggest need different health education programs underweight women desire lose weight experience dieting studys results reflected development sports opportunities optimized individual development measures ensure adequate nutritional intake