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Obesity Science & Practice, 2020 Summary Objective Young men are less likely to engage in weight loss behaviours than their female counterparts. This may be because of an increased likelihood for young men, particularly young black men, with overweight/obesity to misperceive their ...
Andrew C. Pool +4 more
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Frontiers in Virtual Reality, 2022 It is challenging to provide users with a haptic weight sensation of virtual objects in VR since current consumer VR controllers and software-based approaches such as pseudo-haptics cannot render appropriate haptic stimuli. To overcome these limitations,
Carolin Stellmacher +3 more
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Racial/Ethnic Differences in Weight Perception [PDF]
Obesity, 2009 The objective of this research was to estimate the prevalence of weight misperception among adults using the most recent nationally representative data, according to measured weight category and to assess the relationship between weight misperception and race/ethnicity.
Rashida R, Dorsey +2 more
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Darks and Stripes: Effects of Clothing on Weight Perception
Journal of Social Computing, 2020 In many societies, appearing slim (corresponding to a small body-mass index) is considered attractive.The fashion industry has been attempting to cater to this trend by designing outfits that can enhance the appearance of slimness.
Kirill Martynov +2 more
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My sibling, my weight. How gender, sibling gender, sibling weight and sibling weight level perception influence weight perception accuracy [PDF]
Nutrition & Diabetes, 2014 The objective of this study was to examine the impact of sibling weight level perception and sibling weight on the accuracy of respondent weight level perception dependent on sibling-pair gender composition.A cross-sectional study based on the survey data, which include the children of a nationally representative sample of Danes.
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Children, 2023 This study explored the relationship between adolescents’ weight status and mental health problems. It specifically investigated the weight perceptions of obese adolescents and the effect on their mental health.
Youngha Choi, Jeana Hong
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Obesity Science & Practice, 2020 Summary Introduction A substantial proportion of individuals with overweight or obesity perceive themselves as ‘too heavy’ relative to ‘about right’. Perceiving one's weight as ‘too heavy’ is associated with lower levels of physical activity and higher ...
K. M. Lucibello +3 more
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An Explanatory Model of Weight Management Behaviors During Pregnancy: A Cross-sectional Study
Asian Nursing ResearchSummary: Purpose: This study aims to create and validate a model explaining gestational weight gain and management behaviors using Ajzen’s Theory of Planned Behavior, assessing the model’s fit with actual data and examining the influences of various ...
Sehee Kim, Sukhee Ahn
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Physical Activity and Health, 2019 The purpose of the present study was to assess weight control practices, body image, exercise habits and body composition among college students.
Meagan Richardson +2 more
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Factors Associated with Body Weight Gain among Korean Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Journal of Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome, 2022 Background: Obesity is of grave concern as a comorbidity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We examined the factors associated with weight gain among Korean adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: We conducted an online survey of 1,000 adults (
Yang-Im Hur +14 more
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