scholarly journals Adolescents’ eating behaviours and its relationship with family meals, body mass index and body weight perception Comportamiento alimenticio de los adolescentes y su relación con comidas familiares, índice de masa corporal y percepción del peso corporal

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Naia
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (E) ◽  
pp. 308-312
Author(s):  
Siham Lghoul ◽  
Mohamed Loukid ◽  
Mohamed Kamal Hilali

BACKGROUND: Adolescence is associated with many physical changes, it is described as a period when body weight changes and is likely to become worrying for many adolescents. AIM: This study aims to evaluate associations between body weight perception and body mass index (BMI) among a population of female adolescents. METHODS: A cross-sectional school-based study was conducted from February to May 2017 among 12–19 years olds adolescents (n = 415) from high and middle school. BMI for age percentiles was calculated using the WHO AnthroPlus. Body weight perception was determined using an anonymous questionnaire. RESULTS: The prevalence of misconception of body weight was 60%. The prevalence of misconception was positively associated with the participants age (p < 0.001), the occurrence of menarche (p < 0.05), the increasing of BMI (p < 0.001), and with habits diet satisfaction (p < 0.05). Overweighed participants and who’s with normal weight were more likely to perceive their weight incorrectly (p < 0.05). Furthermore, approximately 2.9% of participants underestimated their true body weight and 57.1% overestimated their weight. However, all participants with underweight had correctly perceived their body weight. Logistic regression showed that predictor factors of misconception weight were participant’s age and BMI. CONCLUSION: It is recommended to improve healthy programs in schools aimed at preventing body weight perception and eating problems among adolescents.


2006 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom F.M. ter Bogt ◽  
Saskia A.F.M. van Dorsselaer ◽  
Karin Monshouwer ◽  
Jacqueline E.E. Verdurmen ◽  
Rutger C.M.E. Engels ◽  
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2015 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 94-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaeyong Shin ◽  
Young Choi ◽  
Kyu-Tae Han ◽  
Sung-Youn Cheon ◽  
Jae-Hyun Kim ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sema Can ◽  
Erkan Demirkan ◽  
Abdulkerim Çeviker

Abstract Study aim: In this study, it is aimed to find out the exercise preferences based on the Body Mass Index (BMI) and Body Weight Perception (BWP), and to determine the consistency between BMI and BWP calculated via the self-reporting method. Material and methods: The study was conducted total of 297 volunteers, included 174 females (Mage = 27.19 ± 9.94 years) and 123 males (Mage = 26.08 ± 10.15 years), who were members of the physical activity center. The height and body weight values were obtained based on the self-reports. BWP was assessed by asking “how do you describe your weight?” As a statistical analysis, the Pearson chi-square test and Kappa statistics were used. Results: It was determined that overweight/obese female prefered most the strength exercises, whereas, overweight/obese men, according to both methods, preferred the different kind of exercises (p < 0.05). When the mutual consistency of the BWP and BMI methods was compared, “average” level conformity was found in female, and “weak” level conformity was found in male (Female: κ = 0.48; p < 0.000; Male: κ = 0.21; p < 0.001). Conclusion: It could be said that the type and application protocol of the exercise has been related with the frequency and duration of the exercise for both of the methods. Besides, it could be said that there was a higher consistency among female participants at the level of participating to the exercise and they had similar exercise preference, frequency and duration.


2012 ◽  
Vol 200 (4) ◽  
pp. 305-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuni Kinoshita ◽  
Yoshihiro Kinoshita ◽  
Shinji Shimodera ◽  
Atsushi Nishida ◽  
Ken Inoue ◽  
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