Factors Associated with Distorted Self-perception of Body Weight in Korean Adults.
- Author:
Chang Sup KIM
1
;
Tae Heum JEONG
;
Moon Chan KIM
;
Jeong Woon PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Family Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea. goldarrow@uuh.ulsan.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
distorted self-perception;
body weight status;
adult
- MeSH:
Adult*;
Body Mass Index;
Body Weight*;
Education;
Female;
Health Promotion;
Humans;
Ideal Body Weight;
Logistic Models;
Male;
Marital Status;
Obesity;
Odds Ratio;
Overweight;
Self Concept*;
Thinness;
Ulsan
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine
2004;25(6):462-468
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: This study was done to examine the relationship between distorted self-perception of body weight and some sociodemographic factors in Korean adults. METHODS: This study was conducted among 14,621 adults (men 10,833, women 3,788), who visited Ulsan University Hospital Health Promotion Center to take a routine health examination. The objective body weight status was classified as underweight, normal, overweight, and obesity by body mass index. We compared the self- perception of body weight with in objective body weight status. We used multiple logistic regression to assess the odds ratio for distorted self-perception of body weight by age, marital status, monthly income, and level of education. RESULTS: Among the total 72.8% of obese men had a distorted self-perception of being slightly excess, 48% of overweight men considered themselves as just about right, and 39.5% of men with normal body weight as underweight. In women, 36.5% with normal body weight had a distorted self-perception of being slightly excess or very excess. In both men and women who were overweight or obesity, the distorted self-perception of being just about right was increased with higher age and lower education. The odds ratio of distorted self-perception in normal as being slightly excess or very excess was higher in women with higher income and higher education. CONCLUSION: In both men and women, many people had a distorted self-perception of Body weight. Some sociodemographic factors were found to be related to the self- perception of body weight.
