Being fat versus thinking fat: Relationships with body image, eating behaviors, and well-being

Cash, Thomas F.; Hicks, Karen

doi:10.1007/bf01184000

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“…Examined in this study were the Appearance Evaluation and Appearance Orientation subscales, plus the MBSRQ Overweight Preoccupational Scale which contains items regarding fat anxiety, weight vigilance, current dieting, and frequency of eating restraint (Cash, Wood, Phelps, & Boyd, 1991). Substantial evidence supports the reliability and validity of all MBSRQ subscales (e.g., Brown, Cash, & Lewis, 1989;Brown et al, 1990;Cash & Hicks, 1990;Keeton, Cash, & Brown, 1990;Thompson, Penner, & Altabe, 1990).…”

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Body images, body-size perceptions, and eating behaviors among African-American and white college women

Rucker

Cash

1992

Int. J. Eat. Disord.

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Previous research indicates a lower prevalence of eating disorders within black than white populations. The purpose of this investigation was to examine multiple facets of body image and eating behaviors among 104 African‐American and white female college students. Four primary domains assessed in this study were: (a) body‐image attitudes, (b) body‐image perceptions, (c) weight concerns and eating behaviors, and (d) judgments of the thinness‐fatness of varying body sizes. As hypothesized, black females held more favorable bodyimage attitudes than whites, on both global and weight‐related body‐image affects, cognitions, and behaviors. Moreover, compared with whites, black women held body‐size ideals that were less thin and more congruent with their current perceived size. Evidence from the novel Perceptions of Fatness Procedure indicates that black women held less strict criteria for perceiving body fatness. Whites reported more frequent eating restraint and sub‐clinical eating dyscontrol. Results are discussed in the context of cultural and developmental influences on the body images of African‐American and white women in Western society. © 1992 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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Body images, body-size perceptions, and eating behaviors among African-American and white college women

Rucker

Cash

1992

Int. J. Eat. Disord.

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“…This contradicts the findings of other researchers (2,17,32) of more negative attitudes among women. However, their scales may assess concerns about personal fatness more than social attitudes per se, and women clearly are more anxious than men about being or becoming fat (8,13,36). Indeed, Allison et al reported that women's attitudes were related to their own perception of their weight (2).…”

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“…Although Robinson et al (32) reported a positive correlation between BMI and fat phobia, their sample was clearly biased in the direction of including people with personal concerns about their weight. Even though the absence of a relationship between one's own size and one's social attitudes might seem somewhat counterintuitive, the fact that heavier persons possess such attitudes to the same extent as slimmer persons probably contributes to the negative body image experiences of persons who are fat as well as average-weight persons who think they are fat (9,10,13). However, few of our participants were truly obese; 19% had an "overweight" BMI of more than 25.0, yet only 3% exceeded the 30.0 criterion for obesity.…”

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Prejudice Toward Fat People: The Development and Validation of the Antifat Attitudes Test

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COBI, CRISTINA BUBB-LEWIS. Prejudice toward fat people: The development and validation of the Antifat Attitudes Test. Obes Res. 1997;5:297-307. Although the stigma of obesity in our society is well documented, the measurement of antifat attitudes has been a difficult undertaking. Two studies were conducted to construct and validate the Antifat Attitudes Test (AFAT). In study 1, college students (110 men and 175 women) completed the preliminary 54-item AFAT and specific indices of body image and weight-related concerns. Psychometric and factor analysis revealed a 47-item composite scale and three internally consistent factors that were uncorrelated with social desirability: Social/Character Disparagement, Physical/Romantic Unattractiveness, and Weight ControVBlame. Several body image correlates of antifat prejudice were identified, and men expressed more negative attitudes than women. Study 2 experimentally examined the effects of information about the controllability of weight on the antifat attitudes of 120 participants. Exposure to information on behavioral vs. biogenetic control led to greater blame of persons who are fat for their body size. The implications of the findings and the potential utility of the AFAT are discussed.LEWIS, ROBIN J, THOMAS F CASH, LORA JA-

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“…Perceived rather than actual weight has been associated with dieting and eating behaviours, and body image [8]. Social/cultural norms about what constitutes an appropriate or "normal" weight for adults often differ between public health professionals and the wider community [9].…”

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Parental Midlife Body Shape Influences Offspring Self-Perception of Weight in a Cohort of Australian Adults

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Taylor³

2016

Journal of Obesity and Overweight

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Self-perception and measures of body weight and central adiposity are key indicators of a population's attitude and level of concern regarding obesity. Parental weight has been shown to be a strong determinant of adult offspring weight. This study initially investigates the association between self-perception, and measured body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC), and characterised this association by perception type (pessimist, optimist and realist). We then examined the link between (mis) perception with midlife parental body shape, which may assist with targeted interventions for those misperceiving their weight. Data from a telephone survey (2007) and two biomedical stages (2004-06 and 2008-10) of the North West Adelaide Health Study (n=2710), a longitudinal cohort of Australian adults. The study included offspring measured BMI and WC and midlife parental body shape recalled from pictograms. Over half of participants misperceived their weight status, with heavier males more likely than females to underestimate their weight and females more likely to correctly estimate or overestimate their weight. Among males, higher maternal weight was associated with a greater risk of offspring being pessimistic about their weight than being an underweight/normal weight realist (BMI RR 2.03, 95% CI 1.01-4.07, p=0.046). Having an overweight mother was also associated with increased risk of both male and female offspring being obese optimists (BMI males RR 1.80, 95% CI 1.14-2.84, p=0.011/females RR 1.77, 95% CI 1.16-2.68, p=0.008; WC males RR 1.95, 95% CI 1.30-2.92, p=0.001/females RR 1.58, 95% CI 1.09-2.28, p=0.015). Higher paternal weight was also associated with being an obese realist for females (BMI RR 1.80, 95% CI 1.15-2.83, p=0.011; WC RR 1.95, 95% CI 1.23-3.09, p=0.004) but not males. Our findings suggest that having an obese parent, particularly an obese mother, may contribute to adult offspring's misperception of their weight.

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Being fat versus thinking fat: Relationships with body image, eating behaviors, and well-being

Cited by 133 publications

References 23 publications

Body images, body-size perceptions, and eating behaviors among African-American and white college women

Body images, body-size perceptions, and eating behaviors among African-American and white college women

Prejudice Toward Fat People: The Development and Validation of the Antifat Attitudes Test

Parental Midlife Body Shape Influences Offspring Self-Perception of Weight in a Cohort of Australian Adults

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