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This study was performed to understand obesity, attitudes for body, and weight control actions of high-school girls. The subjects were 298 high-school girls whose lived in Seoul, and data were collected in April, 2004. Data were analyzed by SPSS. Objective obesity was 20.47 and they were divided into three groups, 14.1% were of under weight, 79.2% normal, and 5.4% obesity. Subjective obesity was different from objective obesity with 4.0% of the subjects thinking they were of under weight, 60.7% normal and 35.2% obesity. The desired obesity, which was based on the weight and height desired by the subjects, was 17.69. In the attitudes towards body and weight control, ‘feeling fat' was 41.21, ‘body disparagement' was 18.68, ‘strength and fitness' was 16.64, ‘salience of weight and shape' was 22.14, ‘body attractiveness' was 11.91, and ‘lower body fatness' was 13.08 on the average. Students whose performed weight control for recent 6 months were 29.2%. Distorted perception on the body lead students to attempt unreasonable weight control acts. Thus, educators in charge of students' health need to recognize difference between normal and ideal weight desired by students and to guide students to reasonable weight control through health education.

한국어

본 연구는 청소년기 여고생들의 객관적, 주관적, 희망적 비만도와 신체에 대한 태도 및 체중조절행위에 대해 파악하고자 시도되었다. 연구 대상으로 서울에 위치한 고등학교에 재학중인 여고생 298명을 임의표출 하였고, 자료수집 후 SPSS /WIN을 이용하여 분석하였다. 여고생들의 객관적인 비만도의 평균은 20.47로 나타났으며, 저체중이 14.1%, 정상체중이 80.5%, 비만이 5.4%를 차지하였다. 주관적 비만도에서는 저체중이 4.0%, 정상체중이 60.7%, 비만이 35.2%인 것으로 나타났다. 희망적 비만도의 평균은 17.69로 나타났으며, 저체중이 65.1%, 정상체중이 34.9%, 비만이 0.0%로 나타났다. 신체에 대한 태도는 ‘비만느낌’ 41.21점, ‘신체비하’ 18.68점, ‘체력과 신체단련’ 16.64점, ‘체중과 체형의 중요성’ 22.14점, ‘신체매력’ 11.91점, ‘하체비만’ 13.08점으로 나타났다. 최근 6개월 동안 체중조절을 시행한 경험이 있는 대상자는 29.2%였다. 본 연구결과를 바탕으로 향후 정상체중과 희망체중에 대한 여고생들의 요구와 인식을 이해하고, 효율적인 체중관리를 위한 적절한 교육프로그램의 적용과 평가가 시행되어야 할 것이다.