| Abstract [eng] |
The paper displays theoretical analysis of teenage girls’ attitude towards their body and eating habits. There are two hypotheses: 1. Most of the teenage girls change their eating habits, try to eat healthy and do physical activities in order to become fit. 2. Most of the regular weight and body type girls think they weigh too much and asses their self as thicker than they are and become not satisfied with their body. The empirical part studies eating habits, body image and physical activities. Moreover, the satisfaction of one’s body image, given and wanted image of the perfect body is explored.The questionnaire survey was made which aimed to reveal the attitude of teenage girls towards their bodies and eating habits. The statistic data analysis was made. Due to semi-structural interview, the self-assessment of how should a perfect body look like was made. Satisfaction / dissatisfaction of one’s body image (Ališauskaitė, 2011), where the difference between the given body image and the wanted body image shows the greater dissatisfaction of one’s body image.The quantitative part of the research consisted of 403 and the qualitative part of the research consisted of 14 teenage girl participants from various Lithuanian cities and regions. |
