At gøre det rigtige alt for godt – ressourcestærke forældre og undervægt

Abstract

Overvaegt spiller en stor rolle i den offentlige debat, mens undervaegt til dels er et overset problem. Formalet med denne artikel er at belyse undervaegt ud fra et sociologisk perspektiv med fokus pa individ- og strukturperspektivet. Til at belyse denne problemstilling anvendes data fra Projekt 3A, som omfatter 1.092 skoleelever i Aalborg Kommune. Undersogelsen blev foretaget i 2008-2011 med dataindsamling i 2008, da eleverne gik i 6. klasse samt i 2010, da eleverne gik i 8. klasse. Resultaterne viste, at piger med hojt uddannede modre havde en storre sandsynlighed for at blive undervaegtige end piger af lavt uddannede modre. Endvidere fremgik det, at sandsynligheden for undervaegt steg pa de skoler, hvor eleverne blev udsat for en intervention, som oger viden om egen sundhed og til dels en intervention, som er rettet mod adfaerdsaendringer. Det fremgik desuden ogsa, at interventionen, som oger viden om egen sundhed, ogede den sociale ulighed i vaegt. ENGELSK ABSTRACT: Annette Quinto Romani: Overdoing the Right Thing – Advantaged Parents and Underweight Overweight is an important topic in the public debate, while underweight is an often ignored problem. The purpose of this article is to shed light on underweight in a sociological perspective focusing on both individual and structural perspectives. To illustrate this I use data from Project 3A, which includes 1.092 schoolchildren in the Municipality of Aalborg. The study was conducted in 2008-2011, where data was collected in 2008 when the schoolchildren attended 6th grade and in 2010 when they attended 8th grade. The results indicate that girls with mothers having a higher education are more likely to be underweight as opposed to girls with lower educated mothers. In addition, the results indicate that the likelihood of underweight to some extend increased among the schoolchildren who were exposed to an intervention that increased their own health knowledge, and to a behavioral altering intervention. Social inequality in weight was increased by the intervention that increases own health knowledge. Key words: Underweight, social inequality, self-perceived weight, issue of elite.