Body Image and Weight Control among Adolescents in Lithuania, Croatia, and the United States in the Context of Global Obesity

Zaborskis, Apolinaras; Petronytė, Gintarė; Šumskas, Linas; Kuzman, Marina; Iannotti, Ronald J.

doi:10.3325/cmj.2008.2.233

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“…Other authors have found that adolescents at equivalent categories of BMI perceive themselves differently in diverse countries, suggesting that sociocultural factors modify the meaning attributed to BMI (Voelker et al, 2015;Wardle et al, 2006;Zaborskis et al, 2008). In our study, parental education was associated Ref.…”

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Social factors, weight perception, and weight control practices among adolescents in Mexico

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We evaluated the association of social factors and weight control practices in adolescents, and the mediation of this association by weight perception, in a national survey of students in Mexico ( n = 28,266). We employed multinomial and Poisson regression models and Sobel's test to assess mediation. Students whose mothers had a higher level of education were more likely to perceive themselves as overweight and also to engage in weight control practices. After adjusting for body weight perception, the effect of maternal education on weight control practices remained significant. Mediation tests were significant for boys and non-significant for girls.

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Social factors, weight perception, and weight control practices among adolescents in Mexico

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“…Bearman et al (2006), ao analisarem a insatisfação com a imagem corporal em adolescentes de 12 a 16 anos, verificaram que a idade é um preditor para a insatisfação corporal, com as meninas mais velhas apresentando maior insatisfação com seus corpos quando comparadas às mais jovens. Desfecho semelhante é observado no estudo de Zaborskis et al (2008) que, ao verificarem a insatisfação corporal em adolescentes de 13 e 15 anos de idade, também encontraram maior prevalência desta variável entre as meninas mais velhas -41,1% das meninas com 15 anos de idade eram insatisfeitas com seus corpos, contra 32,7% das meninas com 13 anos de idade.…”

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Insatisfação com o peso e a massa corporal em estudantes do ensino fundamental e médio do sexo feminino no município do Rio de Janeiro

Palma¹,

Resende²,

Marques³

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Rev. Bras. Ciênc. Esporte

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“…Beden algısı kuramları, kadın ve erkeklerin kendi bedenlerini farklı biçimde algıladıklarını ileri sürmektedir. 5 Ergenlerin bir kısmı kendi kilo durumlarını doğru bir şekilde sınıflandıramamaktadır. Yaklaşık %30'u kendi beden ağırlıklarını olduğundan daha az tahmin etmektedir.…”

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Ata¹,

Vural²,

Keskin³

2014

Ankara Med J

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Objective: Ordinary people pay more attention to the obesity's body image aspect compared to its negative effects on health. Theories of body perception contend that women and men perceive their bodies differently. Some people estimate their weight less due to a distorted perception. Body perception is not coherent with the reality at all times. It is a subjective evaluation related to how that person perceives himself or herself. Moreover, beauty is accepted as synonymous with a slim body almost everywhere in the world and it is thought that if a person minds his/her weight, then he/she also likes his/her body and himself/herself and has a higher self-esteem. Positive perception for girls is having a slim body, and for men a muscular, athletic type of body. AbstractAnahtar Sözcükler: Beden algısı, obezite, bel çevresi, vücut kitle indeksi Araştırma / ResearchConclusions and result: It is found that non-obese participants from both sexes have more accurate body perception. On the other hand, obese participants tend to consider themselves as if their weights are normal. Female participants who are in normal weight according to the measure of WC also consider themselves slightly overweight or thin. Less than 10 per cent consider themselves as obese. Male participants who are in normal weight and also perceive themselves as normal are 88,7 per cent. Even though there is slight difference here, it is possible to conclude that women tend to consider themselves in a more positive light. Material and methods:Body mass indeks (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) of 1241 people from both sexes are measured. Participants have been provided with a questionnaire and asked what they think about their weight. The summary statistics and the correlation analysis have been performed to support the results. In addition, the logistic regression analysis was used to determine the rates of body perception errors. Amaç:Bireyler obezitenin sağlığa diğer olumsuz etkilerinden çok beden imajı yönüyle ilgilidir. Beden algısı kuramları, kadın ve erkeklerin kendi bedenlerini farklı biçimde algıladıklarını ileri sürmektedir. Bireylerin bir kısmı kendi kilo durumlarını doğru bir şekilde algılayamamaktadır. Bazılarının kendilerini olduğundan daha az kilolu olarak görmeleri söz konusudur. Beden algısı gerçekle uyumlu olmak zorunda değildir, sübjektif bir değerlendirme olup kişinin kendisini nasıl algıladığı ile ilgilidir. Ayrıca neredeyse tüm dünya uluslarında güzellik ince olmakla eş değer görülmekte, bedenlerine ve kilolarına dikkat edenlerin bedenlerini ve kendilerini sevdikleri, buna bağlı olarak da benlik saygılarının yüksek olduğu düşünülmektedir. Olumlu algı kızlar için ince bir bedene sahip olmak iken; erkekler için kaslı, sportmen vücut yapısıdır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Yaşları 25-65 arası, her iki cinsten 1241 bireyin bel çevresi (BÇ) vücut kitle indeksi (VKİ) değerleri ölçülmüştür. Katılımcılara anket formu verilerek kendilerini ağırlık olarak nasıl buldukları sorusunu cevaplamaları sağlanmıştır. İstatistiksel analiz olarak korelasyon analiz...

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Body Image and Weight Control among Adolescents in Lithuania, Croatia, and the United States in the Context of Global Obesity

Abstract: Perceived body image and weight control behavior differ among adolescents in Lithuania, Croatia, and the US. Cross-cultural, age, and sex influences moderate body image and weight control behavior in underweight and overweight adolescents.

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Social factors, weight perception, and weight control practices among adolescents in Mexico

Social factors, weight perception, and weight control practices among adolescents in Mexico

Insatisfação com o peso e a massa corporal em estudantes do ensino fundamental e médio do sexo feminino no município do Rio de Janeiro

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