Media Influences on Attitudes and Perceptions Toward the Body Among Adult Men and Women

McCabe, Marita P.; Butler, Kelly M.; Watt, Christina

doi:10.1111/j.1751-9861.2007.00016.x

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“…This female-centric focus has fostered a gap in research that examines both male and female participants simultaneously. 33 This study suggests that females and males are both affected by body-perception issues relating to weight. Future efforts to address adolescents' weight perception and body image problems should not focus solely on females.…”

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confidence: 76%

When ignorance is bliss: weight perception, body mass index and quality of life in adolescents

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Background/Objectives:Body weight is negatively associated with adolescent Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL). Despite this well-established relationship, some adolescents with obesity do not display the expected HRQoL decreases. This study hypothesised weight perception as a moderator of the association between weight status and adolescent HRQoL.Subjects/Methods:Subjects were secondary school students from an obesity prevention project in the Barwon South-West region of Victoria, Australia, entitled It's Your Move (N=3040). Measures included standardised body mass index (BMI-z; World Health Organization growth standards), weight perception and HRQoL, measured by the Paediatric Quality of Life Inventory. Linear regression and average marginal effect analyses were conducted on cross-sectional baseline data to determine the significance of any interaction between weight perception and measured weight status in shaping adolescent HRQoL.Results:The BMI-z/perceived weight status interaction was significantly associated with adolescent HRQoL outcomes. Adolescents with BMI z-scores in the overweight/obesity range who perceived themselves as overweight had lower HRQoL than those who perceived themselves as ‘about right.' Conversely, adolescents with BMI scores in the lower end of the normal range or in the thinness range who perceived themselves as underweight had lower HRQoL than those with ‘about right' perceptions.Conclusions:This was the first study to report third-variable impacts of a body-perception variable on the relationship between adolescent weight status and HRQoL. Adolescents' weight perceptions significantly moderated the relationship between overweight/obesity and reduced HRQoL. Adolescents who were outside the normal weight range and misperceived their objectively measured weight status enjoyed a higher HRQoL than adolescents whose weight perception was concordant with their actual weight status. These findings suggest that practitioners may need to exercise caution when educating adolescents about their weight status, as such ‘reality checks' may negatively impact on adolescent HRQoL. It is suggested that more research be conducted to examine this potential effect.

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When ignorance is bliss: weight perception, body mass index and quality of life in adolescents

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“…Eating disorder symptoms are consistent between men and women, although men are likely to strive for a more muscular physique, whereas women desire to be thinner. 101 Men unable to attain the desired muscular physique are vulnerable to experiencing body image dissatisfaction, low selfesteem, and social anxiety directly related to their body. 102,103 Furthermore, with many sports subcultures encouraging traditional expressions of masculinity, there is a risk for the use of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs).…”

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confidence: 99%

A Review of Men's Health and Masculinity

Garfield

Isacco

Rogers

2008

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine

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Men's health is a new and evolving area of specialty that goes beyond men's cancers and sexual activities. Men's health in the 21st century incorporates a broader conceptualization of health, health behaviors, and lifestyle choices. This new focus results from the fact that men continue to lag behind women in life expectancy and in health care use, a situation that is worse for minority men. Understanding how gender socialization and masculine ideology affects men's health is an important step toward providing effective care for men. In this article, the authors review these areas and then discuss each of the top actual causes of death for men: tobacco use, poor diet, alcohol use, and physical inactivity. They then discuss the important issue of steroid use among men. Throughout the review, the authors highlight racial and ethnic differences in health behaviors. Furthermore, they provide empirically supported clinical implications to assist clinicians who see men with health concerns in their practices. Finally, they offer suggestions for creating ways to include men in the health care system in hopes of improving their use.

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A Review of Men's Health and Masculinity

Garfield

Isacco

Rogers

2008

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine

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How men seek help and use health care services are important components of their physical and mental health. Abstract: Men's health is a new and evolving area of specialty that goes beyond men's cancers and sexual activities. Men's health in the 21st century incorporates a broader conceptualization of health, health behaviors, and lifestyle choices. This new focus results from the fact that men continue to lag behind women in life expectancy and in health care use, a situation that is worse for minority men. Understanding how gender socialization and masculine ideology affects men's health is an important step toward providing effective care for men. In this article, the authors review these areas and then discuss each of the top actual causes of death for men: tobacco use, poor diet, alcohol use, and physical inactivity. They then discuss the important issue of steroid use among men. Throughout the review, the authors highlight racial and ethnic differences in health behaviors. Furthermore, they provide empirically supported clinical implications to assist clinicians who see men with health concerns in their practices. Finally, they offer suggestions for creating ways to include men in the health care system in hopes of improving their use.A lthough there are 86 million men 18 to 65 years old in the United States, constituting 31% of the entire population, the health of men is generally worse than that of women. 1 Men's life expectancy continues to lag behind women's despite the historical fact that much medical research has focused on men in design, measurement, and outcomes. In fact, in 1920, men were dying 1 year before women; by 2005, the life expectancy gender gap had grown to 5.2 years. 2 According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), men are at greater risk of death in every age group compared with women, with 1.6 times more mortality for all causes, 1.8 times for diseases of the heart, 1.4 times for cancers, and 2.4 times for accidents. 3 Men's presence in the health care system is noticeably less than women's; women attend doctor visits for annual or preventive services (ie, nonillness related) at a rate 100% higher than men, even after controlling for age and pregnancy-related visits. 4 Thirty-three percent of men have no regular physician, and almost a quarter of all men have not seen a physician in the past year. 5 Clearly, there is much work to be done to improve men's health and in the development of men's health as an area of expertise.

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Media Influences on Attitudes and Perceptions Toward the Body Among Adult Men and Women

Cited by 19 publications

References 41 publications

When ignorance is bliss: weight perception, body mass index and quality of life in adolescents

When ignorance is bliss: weight perception, body mass index and quality of life in adolescents

A Review of Men's Health and Masculinity

A Review of Men's Health and Masculinity

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