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Volume 5, Issue 5(Suppl) J Child Adolesc Behav, an open access journal
ISSN: 2375-4494 Child Psychology 2017
September 28-29, 2017
September 28-29, 2017 Berlin, Germany
23rd International Conference on
Adolescent Medicine &
Child Psychology
Body appreciation and intuitive eating among Japanese high school boys
Hikari Namatame1, Tomohiro Suzuki2 and Yoko Sawamiya1
1University of Tsukuba, Japan
2Tokyo Future University, Japan
Research on body image and eating behavior has been heavily centered on describing and predicting negative body image and
disordered eating. Recently, however, the studies of positive body image such as body appreciation and adaptive form of eating
such as intuitive eating have gainedmomentum. Although the research on body image and eating behavior has been often targeted only
girls, the importance of the research on body image and eating behavior among boys are indicated in these days. The present research
aimed to investigates body appreciation and intuitive eating among Japanese high school boys. 148 high school boys participated and
completed the body appreciation scale, intuitive eating scale-2 and other body image related measures such as body dissatisfaction.
Body appreciation showed significant correlations between several other body image measures. In contrast, intuitive eating did not
show any significant correlation between other body image related measures. The implications of these findings are discussed.
Biography
Hikari Namatame has completed her Master's degree in Psychology from the University of Tsukuba. Her main research work focuses on positive body image.
Hikari Namatame et al., J Child Adolesc Behav 2017, 5:5(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2375-4494-C1-003