Body weight perception and body weight control behaviors in adolescents

Frank, Robson; Claumann, Gaia Salvador; Felden, Érico Pereira Gomes; Silva, Diego Augusto Santos; Pelegrini, Andréia

doi:10.1016/j.jped.2017.03.008

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“…Males who perceived themselves as above the expected weight were twice as likely to exercise and females who perceived themselves as above their expected weight were three time more likely to eat less or avoid eating fatty foods and twice as likely to perform physical exercise to lose weight. 28 A previous study on the association between body weight perception and adherence to the recommended amount of physical activity reported that Canadian adolescents who perceived themselves as overweight or obese were less likely to adhere to the physical activity recommendations than those who perceived themselves as at their desired weight. 29 Three longitudinal studies found that overweight or obese adolescents and young adults who perceived their weight status as normal gained less weight over time than those who accurately reported themselves to be overweight.…”

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Relationship between body weight perception and weight-related behaviours

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ObjectivesThis study aimed to examine the prevalence of weight misperception and to explore the association of weight perception with physical activity and dietary intake.MethodsA population-based, nationally representative cross-sectional survey was conducted of 920 Thai adolescents aged 13 to 24 years. Respondents were selected using stratified multistage sampling. Respondents who agreed to participate were asked to complete the Youth Risk Behavior Questionnaire.ResultsFemales were more likely than males to misperceive themselves as overweight (21.8% vs. 11.7%), whereas males were more likely than females to misperceive themselves as underweight (12.3% vs. 3.4%). Males were more likely than females to report a high intake of vegetables (45.7% vs. 38.0%), milk (39.1% vs. 38.0%), 100% fruit juice (20.9% vs. 17.7%) and soda or pop (38.5% vs. 20.6%). Males were also more likely than females to report vigorous physical activity of more than 60 minutes per day (38.1% vs. 21.3%) and vigorous exercise to strengthen or tone muscles (37.3% vs. 13.2%).ConclusionsGender differences in dietary intake and physical activity were identified. However, there were no significant differences in dietary intake and physical activity between adolescents who correctly perceived themselves as overweight and those who misperceived themselves as overweight.

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“…al. [11], adolescents of both sexes who perceived their body weight as below the expected weight took more initiatives to gain weight, and those who perceived themselves as overweight made more efforts to lose weight. In adolescents who perceived themselves as overweight, the behavior of not taking medication was associated with the outcome only in boys, whereas in girls, an association was observed with the variables eating less, cutting calories, or avoiding fatty foods aiming to lose or avoid increasing body weight.…”

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“…In Nepal, there is a large burden of under nutrition alongside increasing overweight and obesity. Overweight and obesity are highly prevalent in western countries and growing problems in developing countries like Nepal [1,[8][9][10][11]. For public health and clinical programs to be more effective, body image of undernourished and overweight people should be understood in the context of the influence of culture on body weight perceptions and on weight management behaviors [9][10][11].…”

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“…Body weight perception refers to the personal evaluation of one's weight as "underweight" or "normal weight" or "overweight" irrespective of actual body mass index [3,12]. A large number of studies have indicated that children and adolescents misperceive their body weight status [3,5,[10][11]. There is sparse literature on weight perception and weight loss practices of adolescents in Nepal.…”

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Relationships between Body Weight Perception and Weight Management: Practices among Adolescents

Dhungel

Bhattarai

2020

Janaki Med. Coll. J. Med. Sci.

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Background and Objectives: Overweight and obesity are highly prevalent in western countries and growing problems in developing countries. Weight loss behaviors are highly prevalent among adolescents, and body weight perception motivates weight control practices. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationships between actual body weight, body weight perception, and weight control practices among adolescents. Material and methods: A questionnaire-based survey was used to collect data on anthropometric measurements, demographic information, weight perception and weight control practices from a sample of 200 male and female students (89 boys and 111 girls) aged between13 and19 year old. The association between weight loss attempts and socio demographic factors, weight status and the weight perception were analyzed. Multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed to examine the predictors of misperception and its association with weight-related behaviors. Cohen's kappa was calculated to analyze the accuracy of body weight perceptions. Results: This study revealed that prevalence of underweight was higher in girls than boys. In this study, 8% were underweight including 3.5% severely underweight, 23.5% were overweight, 6% were obese and the rest of the participants (59%) were of normal weight. Only 61.5% respondents perceived their weight correctly. Perception of 21.5% adolescents was underestimated and 16.5% were overestimated than their actual weight status. Almost one third of the respondents were in weight control interventions. Almost 11% boys and 33% girls attempted weight loss activities. The gender biasness was seen in weight control (statistically significant ,p value =0.003). Body weight perception was found significant (p value, 0.001) in relation to weight control behavior. Conclusion: Body weight perceptions are not in agreement with actual weight in adolescents. This discrepancy is more marked in females who use a variety of weight control behaviors. These behaviors are motivated more apparently by perceived weight rather than actual body mass index.

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“…Based on previous studies 23,24 , a healthy weight control behavior was assessed by the following question: 'During the past two years, did you exercise to lose or to keep from gaining weight?'. Four unhealthy weight control behaviors were assessed by the following questions: 'During the past two years, did you eat less food or few calories to lose or to keep from gaining weight?…”

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Associations between trying to control weight, weight control behaviors and current electronic cigarette usage in middle and high school students: A cross-sectional study in Zhejiang Province, China

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Wang²,

Hu³

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Tob. Induc. Dis.

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INTRODUCTION Previous research has indicated that weight control behaviors are linked to cigarette smoking, whether these relationships extend to electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) is unknown. This study aims to examine the association between weight control behaviors and current e-cigarette usage among middle and high school students in China. METHODS Based on the 2017 Zhejiang Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 17359 students were included and relevant data involving e-cigarette and weight control behaviors were collected via self-reported questionnaires. Logistic regression models were used to examine the associations between trying to control weight, specific weight control behaviors and current e-cigarette usage. Odds ratios (ORs) and their 95% confidence intervals (CIs) are reported. RESULTS Of the 17359 students, 374 (2.15%) were current e-cigarette users. No significant association was observed between trying to control weight and current e-cigarette usage (OR=1.01; 95% CI: 0.81-1.28). Significant associations were found between current e-cigarette usage and unhealthy weight control behaviors of eating less food, fewer calories (OR=1.74; 95% CI: 1.33-2.27), as well as taking laxatives (OR=3.34; 95% CI: 2.11-5.27), taking diet pills (OR=2.63; 95% CI: 1.72-4.02) and going without eating for 24 hours or more (OR=2.74; 95% CI: 1.86-4.04). CONCLUSIONS A positive association was found between unhealthy weight control behaviors and current e-cigarette usage in adolescents. Specific education programs on unhealthy weight control behaviors should be considered in adolescents.

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Body weight perception and body weight control behaviors in adolescents

Abstract: The perception of the body weight as above and below one's expected weight was associated with weight control behaviors, which were more likely to result in initiatives to lose and gain weight, respectively.

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Relationships between Body Weight Perception and Weight Management: Practices among Adolescents

Associations between trying to control weight, weight control behaviors and current electronic cigarette usage in middle and high school students: A cross-sectional study in Zhejiang Province, China

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