3029.0: Monday, October 22, 2001: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Poster Session

A Matter of Viewpoint: Perceptions on Body Image and Nutrition

This session highlights the important ways that perceptions of body image as well as beliefs about diet may influence food choices, and subsequent implications regarding health outcomes.
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Session participants will gain an understanding of how body image perceptions and dietary beliefs may vary among different ethncities and subsequently affect nutrition practices.
Board 1Eating Patterns, Overweight Status and Exercise Behaviors among Urban Public School Fourth Grade Students in Maryland
Susan M. Gross, PhD, MPH, RD, Yvonne L. Bronner, ScD, RD, Claudette Welch, PhD, David M. Paige, MD, MPH, Natalie Dewberry-Moore, MS
Board 2Knowledge, attitudes and practices associated with infant feeding in a New Zealand Maori population
Anne-Louise M. Heath, BA, BSc, PhD, Cynthia Reeves Tuttle, BS, MPH, PhD, Christine L. Cleghorn, BSc, Winsome R. Parnell, BHSc, MSc, RD
Board 3Risk factors for not breastfeeding at 10 weeks, Oregon, 1998-1999
Kenneth D. Rosenberg, MD, MPH, Zhiwei Yu, Alfredo P. Sandoval, MS, MBA
Board 4Using the Breastfeeding Attrition Prediction Tool to predict breastfeeding behavior in African-American women
Noel Chavez, PhD, RD, LD, Manorama M. Khare, Phd, MS, Timothy Johnson, PhD
Board 5Nutrition and Physical Activity: Community and College-based Assessments
Bernestine McGee, PhD, RD, LDN, Valerie Richardson, MPA, RD, LDN, Coty Mitchell, April Stull, Jolene Norbert, Leuna Johnson
Board 6Consumer perspectives on reducing dietary fat
K.J. Welshimer, PhD, MSPH, C.A. Ackerman, RD, C.J. Dobbels, BA
Board 7Implications of Women’s Beliefs About Their Diets in Birth Defects Prevention
Todd C. Knudson, MPH, Margaret Watkins, BSN, MPH, Katherine Lyon Daniels, PhD
Board 8Measurements of Body Image in Clinical Weight Loss Participants With and Without Binge-Eating Traits
Kimberly Gromel, MPH, Roger G Sargent, PhD, Julia A Watkins, PhD, Hylan D Shoob, MSPH, PhD, Rita F DiGioacchino, MPH, PhD, Alecia S Malin, DrPH
Board 9Hispanic Mothers' Perceptions of Obesity in their Children
Carolina Luna-Pinto, MPH, Anna Maria Patino, MS, Alan M. Delamater, PhD
Sponsor:Food and Nutrition
Cosponsors:Chiropractic Health Care; Public Health Nursing; School Health Education and Services; Social Work; Socialist Caucus; Women's Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA