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Body Weight Misperception and Its Association with Unhealthy Eating Behaviors among Adolescents in China
This study aims to examine associations between body weight misperception and eating behaviors among Chinese adolescents. Students (N = 2641) from a middle school and a high school in Wuhan, China participated in a cross-sectional study in May 2016. A questionnaire based on the World Health Organiza...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5981975/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29738429 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15050936 |
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author | Yan, Hanyi Wu, Yingru Oniffrey, Theresa Brinkley, Jason Zhang, Rui Zhang, Xinge Wang, Yueqiao Chen, Guoxun Li, Rui Moore, Justin B. |
author_facet | Yan, Hanyi Wu, Yingru Oniffrey, Theresa Brinkley, Jason Zhang, Rui Zhang, Xinge Wang, Yueqiao Chen, Guoxun Li, Rui Moore, Justin B. |
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description | This study aims to examine associations between body weight misperception and eating behaviors among Chinese adolescents. Students (N = 2641) from a middle school and a high school in Wuhan, China participated in a cross-sectional study in May 2016. A questionnaire based on the World Health Organization’s Global School-Based Student Health Survey was employed to assess responses. Self-reported data, including weight, height, body weight perception, and eating habits, were collected. Body Mass Index (BMI) for age z-score was calculated from self-reported height and weight using WHO AnthroPlus. We used descriptive, logistic regression analysis and a Kappa test to analyze the data using SPSS. Overall, 56.6% of participants did not correctly categorize their weight status; these were much more likely to be girls. Compared with the correctly-perceived group, those who underestimated their weight tended to report eating late at night, having dinners with family, and checking nutrition labels. In contrast, weight overestimating students were less likely to report eating late at night, having breakfasts with family, having dinners with family, and discussing nutrition topics over meals. Body weight misperception was associated with unhealthy eating behaviors among Chinese adolescents. |
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spelling | pubmed-59819752018-06-07 Body Weight Misperception and Its Association with Unhealthy Eating Behaviors among Adolescents in China Yan, Hanyi Wu, Yingru Oniffrey, Theresa Brinkley, Jason Zhang, Rui Zhang, Xinge Wang, Yueqiao Chen, Guoxun Li, Rui Moore, Justin B. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This study aims to examine associations between body weight misperception and eating behaviors among Chinese adolescents. Students (N = 2641) from a middle school and a high school in Wuhan, China participated in a cross-sectional study in May 2016. A questionnaire based on the World Health Organization’s Global School-Based Student Health Survey was employed to assess responses. Self-reported data, including weight, height, body weight perception, and eating habits, were collected. Body Mass Index (BMI) for age z-score was calculated from self-reported height and weight using WHO AnthroPlus. We used descriptive, logistic regression analysis and a Kappa test to analyze the data using SPSS. Overall, 56.6% of participants did not correctly categorize their weight status; these were much more likely to be girls. Compared with the correctly-perceived group, those who underestimated their weight tended to report eating late at night, having dinners with family, and checking nutrition labels. In contrast, weight overestimating students were less likely to report eating late at night, having breakfasts with family, having dinners with family, and discussing nutrition topics over meals. Body weight misperception was associated with unhealthy eating behaviors among Chinese adolescents. MDPI 2018-05-08 2018-05 /pmc/articles/PMC5981975/ /pubmed/29738429 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15050936 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Yan, Hanyi Wu, Yingru Oniffrey, Theresa Brinkley, Jason Zhang, Rui Zhang, Xinge Wang, Yueqiao Chen, Guoxun Li, Rui Moore, Justin B. Body Weight Misperception and Its Association with Unhealthy Eating Behaviors among Adolescents in China |
title | Body Weight Misperception and Its Association with Unhealthy Eating Behaviors among Adolescents in China |
title_full | Body Weight Misperception and Its Association with Unhealthy Eating Behaviors among Adolescents in China |
title_fullStr | Body Weight Misperception and Its Association with Unhealthy Eating Behaviors among Adolescents in China |
title_full_unstemmed | Body Weight Misperception and Its Association with Unhealthy Eating Behaviors among Adolescents in China |
title_short | Body Weight Misperception and Its Association with Unhealthy Eating Behaviors among Adolescents in China |
title_sort | body weight misperception and its association with unhealthy eating behaviors among adolescents in china |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5981975/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29738429 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15050936 |
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