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Association between weight, weight perception, weight teasing and mental health among adolescents. [PDF]
Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment HealthAbstract Background Adolescent mental health problems are becoming increasingly prevalent, and there are correlations between weight-related concerns and adolescent mental health. The aim of this study is to explore the association between three weight-related factors (actual weight, weight perception, and weight teasing)
Gu W, Yu X, Tan Y, Yu Z, Zhu J.
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Weight Perceptions and Weight Loss Attempts: Military Service Matters [PDF]
Military Medicine, 2019 AbstractIntroductionPeople who do not perceive themselves as overweight or obese are less likely to use weight loss treatments. However, little is known about weight perceptions and their association with weight loss attempts among people who have served in the military.
Jessica Y, Breland +3 more
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Journal of Biomechanical Science and Engineering, 2011 This paper investigates human characteristics in terms of weight perception, load forces, motions etc. for manipulating objects with a power assist robot and proposes a novel control for the robot based on the human characteristics to improve ...
S. M. Mizanoor RAHMAN +3 more
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The emotional weight of "I love you" in multilinguals' languages [PDF]
, 2008 The present paper considers the perceived emotional weight of the phrase I love you in multilinguals’ different languages. The sample consists of 1459 adult multilinguals speaking a total of 77 different first languages.
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Equal Weights but Different Weight Perceptions among US Adolescents [PDF]
Journal of Health Psychology, 2010 We investigate sex and race/ethnic differences in adolescents’ perceptions of the same objectively measured weight in a nationally representative US sample. At the same BMI z-score, girls perceive themselves as heavier than boys. Regardless of sex and relative to Whites, African-Americans perceive the same BMI z-score as leaner and Native Americans ...
Molly A, Martin +2 more
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Investigación y Educación en Enfermería, 2017 Objective. To assess gender disparity in body weight perception, Body Mass Index (BMI), eight satisfaction and role of depression among undergraduate Medical and Nursing students. Methods.
Poreddi Vijayalakshmi +5 more
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Prevalence and determinants of weight misperception in an urban Swiss population
Swiss Medical Weekly, 2016 AIM: Weight misperception precludes effective management of pre-obesity and obesity, but little is known regarding its status in the Swiss population.
Nathalie Rouiller, Pedro Marques-Vidal
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Body Weight Misperception and Psychological Distress Among Children and Adolescents: The CASPIAN-V Study [PDF]
Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives, 2019 Objectives Misperception of weight status is a risk factor that affects psychological health. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between weight misperception patterns and psychological distress among Iranian children and adolescents ...
Roya Riahi +5 more
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Virtual Gymnasium: Personalized Weight Perception Interface in Lifting Virtual Objects
Applied Sciences, 2022 This paper proposes a pseudo-haptic interface that depicts the virtual weights of dumbbells in a virtual gymnasium. When a user performs a dumbbell biceps curl, he/she fixes the elbow joint as a standard joint and lifts the dumbbell, with its movement ...
Jun Lee, Younggwang Lee, Sungjun Park
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