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Association between body weight perception and actual body mass index among adult women in Erbil city, Iraq. [PDF]
J Health Popul NutrShabu SA +6 more
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Weight Perception, Weight Stigma Concerns, and Overeating. [PDF]
Obesity (Silver Spring), 2018 ObjectivePerceiving one's own weight status as being overweight is a likely motivation for weight loss. However, self‐perceived overweight status has also been found to be associated with overeating and weight gain. This study examined whether weight stigma concerns explain why individuals who perceive their weight status as overweight are at increased
Romano E, Haynes A, Robinson E.
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Weight perception analysis using pseudo-haptic feedback based on physical work evaluation
Frontiers in Virtual Reality, 2023 Introduction: Since kinesthetic cues are not present in virtual environments, users have difficulty feeling the heaviness of virtual objects. To address this issue, pseudo-haptic approaches have been proposed to illusorily induce the weight of virtual ...
Mahdiyeh Sadat Moosavi +4 more
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Maternal perceptions of children's weight status [PDF]
Child: Care, Health and Development, 2012 AbstractBackground Several studies have addressed mothers' perceptions of their children's weight status; however, there is no investigation on Portuguese children (a country with one of the highest levels of children's overweight and obesity in Europe).
Lopes, Luís +3 more
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Prevalence and Factors Affecting Body Shape Misperception among Korean Adult Women [PDF]
Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing, 2016 PURPOSE: This study was done to investigate the prevalence and factors affecting body shape misperception among Korean adult women. METHODS: We analyzed raw data from the fourth Korean Longitudinal Survey of Women and Families, for 7,658 women over 20 ...
Mi Young Chung, Seonho Kim
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Measured and Perceived Body Weight Status of Women in the Peruvian Amazon
Medicina, 2020 Background and objectives: The prevalence of obesity among adults has reached epidemic proportions in Latin America, placing large demands on health care systems.
Sophie Budge, Agnieszka Jaworowska
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“Do I look fat?” Self-perceived body weight and labor market outcomes [PDF]
, 2018 Research reporting that greater body weight is associated with lower wages and employment, particularly among women, focuses on how employers perceive workers. In contrast, we examine whether workers’ own perceptions of body weight influence labor market
Smith, Patricia K., Zagorsky, Jay L.
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Perceptions about body weight and weight reduction in Spain [PDF]
Public Health Nutrition, 1999 AbstractObjective:To assess the more prevalent beliefs about body weight and the factors involved in weight changes in the Spanish adult population.Design:A national survey was carried out according to an established protocol on Spanish subjects selected by a multistage procedure following a random route model, which was quota-controlled for several ...
M A, Martínez-González +4 more
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Body Weight Perception and Weight Control Practices among Teenagers [PDF]
ISRN Nutrition, 2013 Background. Weight-loss behaviours are highly prevalent among adolescents, and body weight perception motivates weight control practices. However, little is known about the association of body weight perception, and weight control practices among teenagers in Mauritius.
Darshini Devi Bhurtun, Rajesh Jeewon
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Relationship between body weight perception and weight-related behaviours [PDF]
Journal of International Medical Research, 2018 Objectives This study aimed to examine the prevalence of weight misperception and to explore the association of weight perception with physical activity and dietary intake. Methods A population-based, nationally representative cross-sectional survey was conducted of 920 Thai adolescents aged 13 to 24 years.
Tawima Sirirassamee +2 more
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