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My sibling, my weight. How gender, sibling gender, sibling weight and sibling weight level perception influence weight perception accuracy
OBJECTIVE: 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. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study based on the survey data, which include the child...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3904084/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24418829 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nutd.2013.44 |
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description | OBJECTIVE: 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. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study based on the survey data, which include the children of a nationally representative sample of Danes. Logit regression models were used. SUBJECTS: Two thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight respondents comprising 397 female sibling pairs, 357 male sibling pairs and 730 opposite-sex sibling pairs. The inclusion of both same-sex siblings and opposite-sex siblings is novel for studies on weight perceptions. MEASUREMENTS: Weight underestimation and weight overestimation were calculated on the basis of difference between actual weight level and self-perceived weight level. Respondent gender, sibling gender, sibling body mass index (BMI) and the siblings' self-perceived weight level were included as the main controls. RESULTS: Women frequently overestimate their weight level, whereas men often underestimate theirs. Women are more likely to overestimate their weight if their sister does the same but less likely if their brother overestimates his weight. Likewise, women are more likely to underestimate their weight if their sister also underestimates her weight but less likely if their brother underestimates his weight. The higher the BMI of their brother and the lower the BMI of their sister, the more likely men are to underestimate their own weight level. CONCLUSION: Results underline the importance of social context when looking at body formation and weight perceptions. The weight and weight perceptions of siblings influence own weight perception. Gender is central to studies on weight-related issues, not only respondent gender - equally so the gender of interaction. |
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spelling | pubmed-39040842014-01-28 My sibling, my weight. How gender, sibling gender, sibling weight and sibling weight level perception influence weight perception accuracy Christensen, V T Nutr Diabetes Original Article OBJECTIVE: 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. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study based on the survey data, which include the children of a nationally representative sample of Danes. Logit regression models were used. SUBJECTS: Two thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight respondents comprising 397 female sibling pairs, 357 male sibling pairs and 730 opposite-sex sibling pairs. The inclusion of both same-sex siblings and opposite-sex siblings is novel for studies on weight perceptions. MEASUREMENTS: Weight underestimation and weight overestimation were calculated on the basis of difference between actual weight level and self-perceived weight level. Respondent gender, sibling gender, sibling body mass index (BMI) and the siblings' self-perceived weight level were included as the main controls. RESULTS: Women frequently overestimate their weight level, whereas men often underestimate theirs. Women are more likely to overestimate their weight if their sister does the same but less likely if their brother overestimates his weight. Likewise, women are more likely to underestimate their weight if their sister also underestimates her weight but less likely if their brother underestimates his weight. The higher the BMI of their brother and the lower the BMI of their sister, the more likely men are to underestimate their own weight level. CONCLUSION: Results underline the importance of social context when looking at body formation and weight perceptions. The weight and weight perceptions of siblings influence own weight perception. Gender is central to studies on weight-related issues, not only respondent gender - equally so the gender of interaction. Nature Publishing Group 2014-01 2014-01-13 /pmc/articles/PMC3904084/ /pubmed/24418829 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nutd.2013.44 Text en Copyright © 2014 Macmillan Publishers Limited http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ |
spellingShingle | Original Article Christensen, V T My sibling, my weight. How gender, sibling gender, sibling weight and sibling weight level perception influence weight perception accuracy |
title | My sibling, my weight. How gender, sibling gender, sibling weight and sibling weight level perception influence weight perception accuracy |
title_full | My sibling, my weight. How gender, sibling gender, sibling weight and sibling weight level perception influence weight perception accuracy |
title_fullStr | My sibling, my weight. How gender, sibling gender, sibling weight and sibling weight level perception influence weight perception accuracy |
title_full_unstemmed | My sibling, my weight. How gender, sibling gender, sibling weight and sibling weight level perception influence weight perception accuracy |
title_short | My sibling, my weight. How gender, sibling gender, sibling weight and sibling weight level perception influence weight perception accuracy |
title_sort | my sibling, my weight. how gender, sibling gender, sibling weight and sibling weight level perception influence weight perception accuracy |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3904084/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24418829 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nutd.2013.44 |
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