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Gender differences in factors associated with body weight misperception
- Source :
- Public Health Nutr
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Cambridge University Press, 2020.
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Abstract
- Objective:Gender analysis in health research is important to strengthen our health system. The current study aimed to explore factors related to body weight misperception in a national sample of the general Korean population.Design:Cross-sectional study.Setting:South Korea, general population.Participants:12,900 adults enrolled from the Seventh Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2016–2018).Results:Disadvantageous socio-economic status was considered a predictor of participants’ misperceptions of themselves as being of a healthy weight despite being overweight and as underweight despite being of a healthy weight, mainly in men. Favourable socio-economic status was considered a predictor of participants’ misperceptions of themselves as being of a healthy weight despite being underweight and as overweight despite being of a healthy weight, mainly in women. Living in an urban area was an independent predictor of men’s misperception of themselves as being of a healthy weight despite being overweight and women’s misperception of themselves as being underweight despite being of a healthy weight. Physical inactivity was a predictor of most misperceptions in women. Psychological variables, such as stress and depression, were not significant predictors of misperception.Conclusions:The current study highlighted the gender differences in factors related to body weight misperception. These differences suggested that more sophisticated policies should be formulated to identify solutions to health problems related to body weight.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Population
Medicine (miscellaneous)
030209 endocrinology & metabolism
Overweight
Body weight
Body Mass Index
03 medical and health sciences
Health problems
0302 clinical medicine
Sex Factors
Body Image
Medicine
Gender analysis
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Obesity
education
Depression (differential diagnoses)
education.field_of_study
Nutrition and Dietetics
business.industry
Body Weight
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Nutrition Surveys
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
medicine.symptom
Underweight
business
Demography
Research Paper
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13689800
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Public Health Nutr
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2385ac046fc01bac19087b107641a1a5