Table 2 Associations between mothers’ weight talk and adolescent girls’ body dissatisfaction, self-worth, depression, and weight control and disordered eating behaviors*
Body dissatisfaction | Self-worth | Depression | Healthy weight control behaviors | Unhealthy weight control behaviors | Extreme weight control behaviors | Binge eating with loss of control | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(Range 10–60) | (Range 5–20) | (Range 6–18) | |||||
Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | % | % | % | |
Parent comments to daughter about her weight | |||||||
Never | 33.7 (1.6) | 15.1 (0.5) | 11.1 (0.4) | 3.5 (0.2) | 65.3 | 4.2 | 8.1 |
Rarely | 31.8 (1.6) | 14.4 (0.5) | 11.6 (0.4) | 4.0 (0.2) | 60.1 | 9.2 | 13.7 |
Sometimes | 35.8 (1.6) | 14.7 (0.5) | 11.0 (0.4) | 3.6 (0.2) | 70.4 | 6.4 | 13.6 |
Often/very often | 38.4 (2.5) | 13.8 (0.7) | 12.9 (0.6) | 3.6 (0.4) | 81.4 | 23.2 | 27.5 |
P (trend) | 0.052 | 0.213 | 0.041 | 0.986 | 0.127 | 0.040 | 0.048 |
Mother talks about own weight/shape/size | |||||||
Never | 34.6 (2.7) | 16.5 (0.8) | 9.9 (0.6) | 4.1 (0.4) | 72.4 | 13.5 | 5.0 |
Rarely | 33.8 (1.8) | 15.1 (0.5) | 11.5 (0.4) | 3.1 (0.3) | 56.7 | 3.2 | 8.4 |
Sometimes | 33.3 (1.3) | 14.6 (0.4) | 11.2 (0.3) | 3.8 (0.2) | 64.0 | 6.2 | 11.6 |
Often/very often | 36.2 (1.6) | 14.0 (0.5) | 12.2 (0.4) | 3.6 (0.2) | 78.1 | 14.1 | 23.0 |
P (trend) | 0.649 | 0.007 | 0.004 | 0.597 | 0.529 | 0.728 | 0.095 |
Mother comments on others’ weight/shape/size | |||||||
Never | 37.4 (1.6) | 15.5 (0.5) | 11.1 (0.4) | 3.5 (0.3) | 68.5 | 4.8 | 11.6 |
Rarely | 33.0 (1.5) | 14.2 (0.4) | 11.2 (0.4) | 3.8 (0.2) | 62.2 | 8.6 | 9.3 |
Sometimes | 32.0 (1.5) | 14.9 (0.4) | 11.4 (0.4) | 3.6 (0.2) | 63.0 | 8.4 | 13.4 |
Often/very often | 36.7 (2.3) | 14.0 (0.7) | 12.4 (0.6) | 3.7 (0.4) | 84.3 | 14.1 | 27.3 |
P (trend) | 0.718 | 0.155 | 0.047 | 0.873 | 0.155 | 0.162 | 0.061 |