Association between Body Weight Changes and Menstrual Irregularity: The Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2010 to 2012

The tendency of misperceiving one’s body image was found to be higher among those at normal body mass index (BMI). Thus, the present study aims to provide basic data to seek solutions for ideal physical activities and right body image perception by comparing health-related behaviors of women at normal BMI. Among the 39,225 respondents from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHNES) conducted from 2013 to 2017, 10,798 adult women with World Health Organization (WHO) BMI Classifications of 18.5 ≤ BMI < 25 (Asia-Pacific) were considered, from which pregnant and breast-feeding women and women whose body image perception was not identified were excluded, leading to a total of 9288 women. Data were analyzed utilizing SAS ver. 9.4 for frequency analysis, cross tabulation, GLM (generalized linear model), and logistic regression analysis with complex samples design, in conformity with the guidelines of the KNHNES. The results showed that approximately most (87.6%) of adult Korean women misperceived their body image. Misperception of body image was related to inappropriate health-related behaviors such as smoking, insufficient sleeping, and excessive body weight management; those who had underestimated their body image (≤64 odds ratio (OR) (0.718 (confidence interval (C.I.) 0.594–0.866))) carried out fewer health-related behaviors, while women aged 65 or above engaged in more health-related behaviors when they perceived themselves as obese (OR 1.683 (C.I. 1.260–2.248; overestimation)). To sum up, it was found that lack of health management, inappropriate body weight control, and health-related behaviors are related to body image misperception compared with real BMI. As such, it is necessary to have educational programs to encourage building proper perception of one’s body image and body weight, and to carry out health-related behaviors.

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Cumulative Weight Exposure Is Associated with Different Weight Loss Strategies and Weight Loss Success in Adults Age 50 or Above

Journal of Aging Research ◽

10.1155/2015/904798 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2015 ◽

pp. 1-8 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Martin Sénéchal ◽

Jana Slaght ◽

Danielle R. Bouchard

Keyword(s):

Body Mass Index ◽

Weight Loss ◽

Body Weight ◽

National Health ◽

Nutrition Examination Survey ◽

The Past ◽

Health And Nutrition ◽

Weight Loss Strategies ◽

Weight Loss Success ◽

Weight Loss Strategy

Objectives. To evaluate if cumulative weight exposure is associated with weight loss strategy choices and weight loss success.Methods. Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were used; a total of 4,562 people age 50 years or older who reported trying to lose weight in the last year were studied. Cumulative weight exposure (CWE) score was defined as the sum of body mass index points above 25 kg/m2at the age of 25, 10 years ago, 1 year ago, and now. Weight loss strategies were self-reported and weight loss success was defined as reaching a 5% weight loss in the last year.Results. Chosen strategies for weight loss vary across tertiles of CWE. Participants in the highest CWE tertile were about 4 to 20 times more likely to lose at least 5% of body weight in the past year compared to those in the lowest CWE tertile (P<0.05). Discussion. Strategies used to lose weight and weight loss success using different weight loss strategies vary considerably across cumulative weight exposure. Thus, cumulative weight exposure might be a variable worth considering when intervening with this population.

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Weight loss from maximum body weight and mortality: the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Linked Mortality File

International Journal of Obesity ◽

10.1038/ijo.2010.41 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 34 (6) ◽

pp. 1044-1050 ◽

Cited By ~ 33

Author(s):

D D Ingram ◽

M E Mussolino

Keyword(s):

Weight Loss ◽

Body Weight ◽

National Health ◽

Nutrition Examination Survey ◽

The Third ◽

Health And Nutrition ◽

Maximum Body

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Body Weight Perception, Mental Health, and Weight Control Behavior in Normal Weight Adolescents: Based on the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2013-2015

Child Health Nursing Research ◽

10.4094/chnr.2017.23.2.249 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

pp. 249-257 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Eun Jee Lee

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Body Weight ◽

National Health ◽

Weight Control ◽

Weight Perception ◽

Normal Weight ◽

Nutrition Examination Survey ◽

Control Behavior ◽

Health And Nutrition ◽

Body Weight Perception

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Body Shape Indices in Adolescents Based on the 2009–2012 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Children ◽

10.3390/children8100894 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (10) ◽

pp. 894

Author(s):

Byung Ok Kwak ◽

Jisun Lim ◽

Sochung Chung

Keyword(s):

National Health ◽

Body Shape ◽

Shape Index ◽

Nutrition Examination Survey ◽

Weight Changes ◽

Scaling Exponents ◽

Korean Adolescents ◽

Health And Nutrition ◽

Limited Applicability ◽

Log Linear

A Body Shape Index (ABSI) is a recently proposed index for standardizing waist circumference (WC) for body mass index (BMI) and height in adults, using 2/3 and 1/2 as scaling exponents, respectively. However, ABSI has limited applicability to children and adolescents, as the relationship between height and weight changes with age and varies according to sex. This study aimed to investigate whether ABSI can be applied to adolescents and to analyze the relationships among BMI, WC, height, weight, and body shape index (BSI) in Korean adolescents. The data of 1023 adolescents aged 10–19 years from the 2009–2012 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were collected. Body measurements (height, weight, WC, and BMI) were analyzed to estimate the BSI using log-linear regression. The scaling exponents for standardizing WC for weight and height were estimated according to age (per year) and sex. The scaling exponents for standardizing WC for weight and height were 0.698 and −1.090 for boys and 0.646 and −0.855 for girls, respectively. The exponents also differed according to age. BSI was negatively correlated with height, weight, and BMI in boys and girls, and these correlations differed in direction from those in adults. ABSI cannot be applied to adolescents. In adolescents, the BSI is dependent on age and sex and is associated with growth and puberty. Further studies are required to evaluate the association between BSI and other biomarkers, to improve its applicability as a parameter for predicting the risk of chronic diseases in adolescents.

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