Make Risky Adolescent Depression Diet Unhealthy
Adolescent girls are more likely to excessively assessed in counting calories, skipping meals, diet and engage in risky behavior if they are experiencing family conflict or have feelings of depression, according to a new study.
There are many factors that can cause a teen on a diet at risk, be it social, media influence, even conflict with parents or relatives, said study author Adrian B. Kelly of The University of Queensland.
And this research focus to look at the emotional climate of the family as the causes of teenage girls on a diet risky.
In Australia, where the research took place, about 39 percent of teenage girls and 13 percent of teenage boys involved in an unhealthy extreme diet, said Kelly.
The researchers surveyed more than 4,000 girls aged 11 to 14 years from 231 schools in the three states of Australia.
The teens answered questionnaires about certain dietary behaviors include counting calories, reducing the number of meals or skip meals as a way to weight loss.
Teens also are asked about mood and feeling in the questionnaire, describing how their closeness to the father and mother, and given a choice about the conflict that often occurs in the home, like my parents often insulting and screaming at each other.
The result, young women with high-conflict families are more likely to engage in unhealthy diet, and according to the journal Eating Behaviors, feelings of anxiety seems to be the cause of the teen takes less healthy choices in lifestyle.
Kelly said, We saw that this study can complement other strategies in handling risky diet in adolescents.
Professor John Toumbourou, a health psychologist from Deakin University in Geelong, Australia, who was not involved in the research adds, finding that the effect of family conflict toward unhealthy diets teenagers can be mediated by overcoming the initial symptoms of depression. Overcoming depression in teenagers as early as possible, it is important to try to prevent an unhealthy diet. "