Differences in Body Shape Representations among Young Adults from a Biracial (Black-White), Semirural Community: The Bogalusa Heart Study

Bhuiyan, Azad R.; Gustat, Jeanette; Srinivasan, Sathanur R.; Berenson, Gerald S.

doi:10.1093/aje/kwg218

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“…The silhouette selected was matched to the BMI category depicted by the silhouette. 16,17 National guidelines and normative data link the Stunkard figural stimuli with BMI; the scale has validity and test-retest reliability for a wide range of subjects. 13,14 Adults were asked to specify the child's body size by selecting if the child was "underweight," "normal," or "overweight.…”

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Size Misperception Among Overweight and Obese Families

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BACKGROUND: Perception of body size is a key factor driving health behavior. Mothers directly influence children's nutritional and exercise behaviors. Mothers of ethnic minority groups and lower socioeconomic status are less likely to correctly identify young children as overweight or obese. Little evaluation has been done of the inverse-the child's perception of the mother's weight. OBJECTIVE: To determine awareness of weight status among mother-child dyads (n=506). DESIGN: Cross-sectional study conducted in an outpatient pediatric dental clinic of Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY. PARTICIPANTS: Primarily Hispanic (82.2 %) mothers (n= 253), 38.8±7.5 years of age, and children (n=253), 10.5± 1.4 years of age, responding to a questionnaire adapted from the validated Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. MAIN MEASURES: Anthropometric measures-including height, weight, and waist circumference-and awareness of self-size and size of other generation were obtained. KEY RESULTS: 71.4 % of obese adults and 35.1 % of overweight adults underestimated size, vs. 8.6 % of normal-weight (NW) adults (both p < 0.001). Among overweight and obese children, 86.3 % and 62.3 % underestimated their size, vs. 14.9 % NW children (both p<0.001). Among mothers with overweight children, 80.0 % underestimated their child's weight, vs. 7.1 % of mothers with NW children (p<0.001); 23.1 % of mothers with obese children also underestimated their child's weight (p < 0.01). Among children with obese mothers, only 13.0 % correctly classified the adult's size, vs. 76.5 % with NW mothers (p<0.001). Among obese mothers, 20.8 % classified overweight body size as ideal, vs. 1.2 % among NW mothers (p<0.001). CONCLUSION: Overweight/obese adults and children frequently underestimate their size. Adults misjudge overweight/obese children as being of normal weight, and children of obese mothers often underestimate the adult's size. Failure to recognize overweight/obesity status among adults and children can lead to prolonged exposure to obesity-related comorbidities.

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“…Several studies have suggested that attitudes toward obesity may be culturally related [13][14][15]. It has also been proposed that sociocultural factors set the standards for desirable body weight within cultures, which might motivate certain behaviors such as dieting [13].…”

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Stigmatization of Overweight Mexican Children

Bacardı́-Gascón

Leon-Reyes

Jiménez-Cruz

2007

Child Psychiatry Hum Dev

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The present study was designed to determine the weight-based stigmatization of Mexican overweight (OW) and non-OW children by their mothers and peers, who rated both boys and girls with varying physical characteristics. Four hundred and thirty-two fifth and sixth graders and 342 mothers participated in the study. Children were administered a questionnaire displaying six drawings. Participants' responses were numbered in order of preference from 1 to 6 (most to least well liked). Participants were divided into categories based on socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and current body mass index. The majority of children chose the child in a wheelchair as the preferred friend. Boys and girls, Indian and non-Indian, with and without risk of OW chose the obese peer as the least-preferred friend. Non-OW girls and their mothers liked the obese child less than non-OW boys and their mothers. Agreement correlations between mothers and children were rho = 0.19 (P = 0.0001), rho = 0.17 (P = 0.001), and rho = 0.13 (P = 0.02) for the healthy child, child with missing arm, and obese child, respectively. There was a strong correlation between Indian mothers and non-OW daughters (rho = 0.54, P = 0.009) on choosing the drawing of the obese child as the least preferred friend. These data suggest an influential effect of the negative attitude of mothers toward the obese child, which are projected to their children.

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“…There are societies where obesity is seen as a measure of prosperity and social standing (8)(9)(10) ; something quite acceptable, or even to be aspired to. Thus people who are poor may be more likely to accept being overweight as an indication of social mobility.…”

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“…In countries such as India, the nutrition transition is underway (11) , although there are large regional differences in the extent to which this has evolved (3) . Misperception of weight status is reported in both adults (10) and children (12)(13)(14)(15) , particularly among those overweight (16) . It has been reported that children and adolescents tend to underestimate their weight (16,17) .…”

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Body weight perception is associated with socio-economic status and current body weight in selected urban and rural South Indian school-going children

Pauline

Selvam

Swaminathan

et al. 2012

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To evaluate the current and ideal body weight perceptions of schoolchildren in relation to their actual body weight and socio-economic status (SES). Design: Baseline evaluation of schoolchildren from January 2008 to April 2008 as part of a 3-year longitudinal study. Setting: City and non-city locations, Karnataka State, South India. Subjects: Schoolchildren (n 1877) aged between 8 and 14 years. Results: Girls, children of more educated parents and city dwellers were more likely to be overweight (P , 0?001). Younger children aged ,10 years and those of lower SES were more likely to perceive themselves as underweight (adjusted OR 5 1?63, 95 % CI 1?25, 2?11 and adjusted OR 5 1?87, 95 % CI 1?32, 2?65). Underweight children were ten times more likely to overestimate their current weight status, while overweight children were four times more likely to underestimate it. The odds of children of lower SES underestimating their weight, as well as desiring a higher weight, were higher than those of higher-SES children. Conclusions: SES is associated with body weight perception. Underweight children are more likely to overestimate their weight status and overweight children more likely to underestimate it. Keywords Weight perceptionWeight status School-aged population Overweight and obesity are emerging problems in developing countries where undernutrition and underweight continue to be highly prevalent. Thus, overweight/ obesity in affluent school-going children in India has been reported to be as high as 30 % (1,2) , while relatively recent national-level data indicate that 48 % of children under 3 years of age are stunted and 43 % are underweight (3) . There is also an understanding that interventions that address overweight/obesity and its associated clinical sequelae need to be targeted at younger individuals, since health-related behaviours such as physical activity often track from childhood into adulthood (4)

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Differences in Body Shape Representations among Young Adults from a Biracial (Black-White), Semirural Community: The Bogalusa Heart Study

Cited by 98 publications

References 27 publications

Size Misperception Among Overweight and Obese Families

Size Misperception Among Overweight and Obese Families

Stigmatization of Overweight Mexican Children

Body weight perception is associated with socio-economic status and current body weight in selected urban and rural South Indian school-going children

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