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      Agreement with satisfaction in adolescent body size between female caregivers and teens from a low-income African-American community.

      Journal of Pediatric Psychology
      Adolescent, African Americans, psychology, Anthropometry, Attitude, ethnology, Body Mass Index, Body Size, Caregivers, Child, Female, Humans, Obesity, prevention & control, Personal Satisfaction, Socioeconomic Factors

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          To describe body size satisfaction and agreement among low-income, urban, African-American adolescents, and female caregivers. Two hundred and fifteen adolescent-caregiver pairs completed measures of demographics, anthropometrics, and body size satisfaction. Adolescent-caregiver agreement on body size satisfaction varied by body mass index (BMI) category. Among normal weight adolescents, 61% of adolescent-caregivers agreed that current body size was ideal. Among adolescents at risk for overweight, 38% of adolescent-caregivers agreed that current body size was ideal, and 38% were discordant with adolescents wanting to be thinner and caregivers satisfied with current body size. Among overweight adolescents, adolescent-caregiver agreement was 67%; 52% agreed the adolescent should be thinner and 15% agreed current body size was ideal. Body size satisfaction is related to BMI category for adolescents and caregivers, but adolescents have a lower threshold. Encouraging caregivers to elicit their adolescents' views on body size satisfaction may enable caregivers to support their adolescents in addressing weight-related issues.

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