Cross-sectional associations between weight-related health behaviors and weight misperception among U.S. adolescents with overweight/obesity

Hahn, Samantha L.; Borton, Kelley; Sonneville, Kendrin R.

doi:10.1186/s12889-018-5394-9

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“…The nonsignificant association between self-perception of body and eating disorder may be due to those who misperceived their body weight could be engaging in positive weight-related health behaviors, such as good and balanced dietary intake, as reported in a cohort study conducted among adolescents in the United States. 27 Trying to lose weight was significantly associated with eating disorder. In a study among younger adult, women were reported to be mostly engaged in sports actively, having strict diets and tried to eat healthy compared with men of the same age.…”

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Eating Disorder Among Malaysian University Students and Its Associated Factors

Chan

Samy

Tong

et al. 2020

Asia Pac J Public Health

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Eating disorder is highly prevalent among university students worldwide. However, in Malaysia, studies on eating disorder is scanty and were mostly conducted among medical students. A stratified cluster sampling was used to recruit participants in a university based in Kuala Lumpur. This cross-sectional study was conducted among 1017/1132 students (response rate: 89.8%). The questionnaires administered was a combination of the Eating Attitude Test-26 and items related to perceived body weight, body mass index, trying to weight loss, tobacco use, posttraumatic stress disorder, and depression. Descriptive analyses were performed to provide background information of at-risk students by gender. Multiple logistic regressions were used to identify associated factors of eating disorder. The results showed that 13.9% of the university students were at risk of eating disorder. Students who were trying to lose weight and had posttraumatic stress disorder predicted eating disorder. Hence, eating disorder among university students merits attention and requires implementations of public health policies.

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Eating Disorder Among Malaysian University Students and Its Associated Factors

Chan

Samy

Tong

et al. 2020

Asia Pac J Public Health

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“…Government agencies use YRBS data to identify trends in youth risk behaviors and track progress toward meeting national health goals (CDC, 2018a). Many professions, including law, psychology, nutrition and medicine also use YRBS data to make practice and policy recommendations (Dawson, 2018; Hahn, Borton, & Sonneville, 2018; King, Marino, & Barry, 2018; Meyer, Luo, Wilson, & Stone, 2019). However, the use of YRBS data in public health nursing research is limited.…”

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Teen pregnancy in Chicago: Who is at risk?

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McNaughton

Reising

et al. 2020

Public Health Nursing

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Background: Teenage pregnancy, with its associated health and social consequences for young people and society as a whole, is one of the nation's most important public health issues. The purpose of this study was to use Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) data describe self-reported, pregnancy experiences in 9-12th grade Chicago Public Schools (CPS) students and identify teens at highest risk based on gender, grade-level, race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation. Methods: Secondary data analysis of the 2017 CPS high school Youth Risk BehaviorSurvey was conducted. Results:The survey response rate was 73% (n = 1,883). 4.9% (n = 91) of CPS students in grades 9 -12 reported a pregnancy experience, and 1.9% (n = 34) reported being "unsure" of a pregnancy experience. Statistically significant differences in the likelihood of self-reporting a pregnancy experience were found based on grade level (p = .000), race (p = .023), and sexual orientation (p = .000). Conclusion:While risk for a teen pregnancy experience varies across all groups, public health nurses can use YRBS data to better understand pregnancy risk in the populations they serve and can leverage core competencies, and robust community relationships to adapt, implement and evaluate evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention programs for maximum impact on teens at greatest risk.

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“…Such a phenomenon might be particularly prevalent in AN cases with rapid and severe weight loss. Indeed, both under- and overweight are associated with body size misperception (13, 33), suggesting that extreme weight changes might be associated with an impeded or delayed body image update. On the other hand, body size perception of a substantial proportion of overweight participants is accurate (33), and, hence, body image updates after weight gain are possible.…”

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Perceptive Body Image Distortion in Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa: Changes After Treatment

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One key symptom of anorexia nervosa (AN) is body image distortion (BID). For example, AN patients who are asked to perform body size estimation tasks tend to overestimate their body size; this is thought to indicate a distortion of the perceptive component of body image. Although BID is an important treatment objective, only few treatment approaches explicitly target body image, and even fewer target the perceptive component. Moreover, very little is known about how patients’ perceptive body image changes after treatment and related weight gain. Consequently, we investigated changes of the perceptive BID in adolescent AN patients at the beginning (T1) and the end (T2) of inpatient treatment using a body size estimation task. A total of 38 AN patients performed the test for Body Image Distortion in Children and Adolescents (BID-CA) within the first 2 weeks of inpatient treatment and at the end of treatment. The results were compared to 48 healthy control (HC) participants performing the same task once. At T1, AN patients overestimated their body size more than HC, i.e., a total overestimation of 33% in AN patients vs. 11% in HC. At T2, AN patients overestimated their arm size to the same degree that they did at TI, but overestimations for the thigh and waist were reduced, and their overestimations for the waist no longer differed from the HC group. Thus, after treatment, AN patients were partly able to more realistically estimate their body size. Several factors may have influenced the observed changes in body size estimation, including task repetition, deliberate adjustment, growing into their preexisting perceptive body image through weight gain, as well as targeted and non-specific psychotherapeutic treatments. In conclusion, the perceptive BID in adolescent AN patients is persistent but also modifiable. Although diverse factors presumably play a role in changing BID, these findings suggest that AN patients may benefit from targeted treatment of BID.

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Cross-sectional associations between weight-related health behaviors and weight misperception among U.S. adolescents with overweight/obesity

Cited by 25 publications

References 47 publications

Eating Disorder Among Malaysian University Students and Its Associated Factors

Eating Disorder Among Malaysian University Students and Its Associated Factors

Teen pregnancy in Chicago: Who is at risk?

Perceptive Body Image Distortion in Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa: Changes After Treatment

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