Obesity in Childhood and Adolescence: The Role of Motivation for Physical Activity, Self-Esteem, Implicit and Explicit Attitudes toward Obesity and Physical Activity

The purpose of the present study was to compare attitudes toward body weight and physical activity in both regular-weight overweight/obese children adolescents, assessing relations between self-esteem, motivation for activity, life satisfaction level activity. A total 126 (Mage = 12.2, SD 3.4), divided into two subsamples (i.e., overweight/obese, N 44, regular-weight), voluntarily participated study. series univariate analyses variance conducted examine differences variables across subsamples. Correlational were relationships among variables. results indicated that obese/overweight participants expressed a more positive implicit attitude thin category than participants. Furthermore, participants, significantly negatively correlated with explicit general self-esteem. Significant status terms played key role explored constructs.