Inaccurate weight perception is associated with extreme weight-management practices in U.S. high school students.
Inaccurate weight perception is associated with extreme weight-management practices in U.S. high school students.
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DOI:
10.1097/mpg.0000000000000231
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发表时间:
2014-03
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
St George DM
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作者:
Ibrahim C;El-Kamary SS;Bailey J;St George DM
To examine whether adolescents’ weight perception accuracy (WPA) was associated with extreme weight-management practices (EWPs) in differing body mass index (BMI) categories. WPA, overassessment, and underassessment were determined by comparing self-reported BMI and weight perception among US high-school students in the 2009 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey. BMI was classified as: underweight (<5th percentile), healthy weight (5th–<85th), overweight (≥85th–<95th), and obese (≥95th). WPA was considered inaccurate if BMI and weight perception were discordant. Overassessors thought they were heavier than they were (among underweight/healthy groups); underassessors thought they were lighter than they were (among healthy/overweight/obese groups). EWPs included one or more of fasting, use of diet pills, or purging/laxative use. Logit models were fitted for different BMI sex strata. In the final sample of 14,722 US high-school students with complete data, 20.2%, 85.7%, 5.8%, and 80.9% of those who were underweight, healthy weight, overweight, and obese, inaccurately assessed their weight, respectively. In turn, 11.4% and 17.6% of accurate and inaccurate assessors engaged in EWPs, respectively. After adjustment, underweight females who overassessed their weight had 12.6 times higher odds of EWPs (95% CI: 3.4–46.6). Also, there were elevated odds of EWPs among healthy weight students who overassessed their weight. Overassessing healthy weight students and underweight girls had higher odds of 3 EWPs, likely related to an unhealthy desire to lose weight. This study demonstrates a need to further educate clinicians on WPA and its relationship to EWPs even among those of healthy weight who may be seen as non-risk.