Breakfast Cereal Consumption Moderates the Association Between Body Composition and Body Esteem in Young Women but not in Young Men

Publication: Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research
15 August 2014

Abstract

Purpose: To explore the role of breakfast cereal consumption on the relationships among BMI, percent fat mass (%FM), and body esteem in young adults.
Methods: Weight, height, and %FM (by air displacement plethysmography) were measured in 29 males (aged 25.1 ± 4.0 years) and 28 females (aged 24.6 ± 4.0 years). Body esteem was measured using the Body Esteem Scale for Adolescents and Adults (BESAA). Three-day food records classified participants as breakfast cereal consumers (n = 27, any amount of ready-to-eat or cooked cereal consumed at breakfast) versus nonconsumers (n = 30, no cereal consumed at breakfast).
Results: The %FM was significantly (P ≤ 0.05) inversely correlated with weight esteem (r = −0.769), appearance esteem (r = −0.723), and external attribution (r = −0.620) in female noncereal consumers. BMI was similarly correlated with BESAA scores. These relationships were not significant in female cereal consumers (all r < 0.426), despite no difference in confounding variables between female cereal consumers and nonconsumers. Neither BMI nor %FM were correlated with measures of body esteem (all r < 0.466, NS) in either male cereal consumers or nonconsumers.
Conclusions: Breakfast cereal consumption may moderate the relationship among BMI, %FM, and body esteem in young adult women and may be useful for improving body esteem without focusing on weight loss.

Résumé

Objectif. Explorer le rôle de la consommation de céréales à déjeuner dans les relations entre l'IMC, le pourcentage de masse adipeuse (% de MA) et l'image corporelle chez les jeunes adultes.
Méthodes. Le poids, la taille et le % de MA (au moyen d'une pléthysmographie par déplacement d'air) ont été mesurés chez 29 hommes (âgés de 25,1 ± 4,0 ans) et 28 femmes (âgées de 24,6 ± 4,0 ans). L'image corporelle a été mesurée à l'aide de l’Échelle d’évaluation de la satisfaction par rapport à l'image corporelle pour les adolescents et les adultes (BESAA). Des journaux alimentaires tenus sur trois jours ont permis de classer les participants dans les catégories suivantes : consommateurs de céréales à déjeuner (n = 27, n'importe quelle quantité de céréales prêtes à consommer ou cuites consommées au déjeuner) vs non-consommateurs (n = 30, pas de céréales consommées au déjeuner).
Résultats. Le % de MA était significativement (P ≤ 0,05) inversement corrélé à l'estime relative au poids (r = −0,769), à l'estime relative à l'apparence (r = −0,723) et à l'attribution externe (r = −0,620) chez les non-consommatrices de céréales. L'IMC était corrélé de façon similaire aux scores de la BESAA. Ces relations n’étaient pas significatives chez les consommatrices de céréales (tous les r < 0,426), malgré l'absence de différence quant aux facteurs de confusion entre les consommatrices de céréales et les non-consommatrices. Ni l'IMC ni le % de MA n’étaient corrélés avec les mesures de l'image corporelle (tous les r < 0,466; NS) chez les hommes, qu'ils soient ou non consommateurs de céréales.
Conclusions. La consommation de céréales à déjeuner pourrait modérer la relation entre l'IMC, le % de MA et l'image corporelle chez les jeunes femmes et pourrait contribuer à améliorer l'image corporelle sans mettre l'accent sur la perte de poids.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research
Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research
Volume 75Number 4December 2014
Pages: 214 - 217

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Holly-Anne Scott, BASc
Department of Family Relations and Applied Human Nutrition, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
Michelle Marcinow, MSc, PhD(C)
Department of Family Relations and Applied Human Nutrition, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
Rachel Hicks, BASc
Department of Family Relations and Applied Human Nutrition, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
Andrea C. Buchholz, PhD, RD
Department of Family Relations and Applied Human Nutrition, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON

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