Factors Associated with Distorted Self-perception of Body Weight in Korean Adults
Journal of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine
; : 462-468, 2004.
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in Korean
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
This study was done to examine the relationship between distorted self-perception of body weight and some sociodemographic factors in Korean adults.METHODS:
This study was conducted among 14,621 adults (men 10,833, women 3,788), who visited Ulsan University Hospital Health Promotion Center to take a routine health examination. The objective body weight status was classified as underweight, normal, overweight, and obesity by body mass index. We compared the self- perception of body weight with in objective body weight status. We used multiple logistic regression to assess the odds ratio for distorted self-perception of body weight by age, marital status, monthly income, and level of education.RESULTS:
Among the total 72.8% of obese men had a distorted self-perception of being slightly excess, 48% of overweight men considered themselves as just about right, and 39.5% of men with normal body weight as underweight. In women, 36.5% with normal body weight had a distorted self-perception of being slightly excess or very excess. In both men and women who were overweight or obesity, the distorted self-perception of being just about right was increased with higher age and lower education. The odds ratio of distorted self-perception in normal as being slightly excess or very excess was higher in women with higher income and higher education.CONCLUSION:
In both men and women, many people had a distorted self-perception of Body weight. Some sociodemographic factors were found to be related to the self- perception of body weight.
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Main subject:
Self Concept
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Thinness
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Body Weight
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Body Mass Index
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Logistic Models
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Odds Ratio
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Marital Status
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Education
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Overweight
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Ideal Body Weight
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine
Year:
2004
Document type:
Article