Weight expectations, motivations for weight change and perceived factors influencing weight management in young Australian women: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine young Australian women's weight expectations, motivations for weight change and perceived factors influencing weight management, and to determine if these factors differ by age, BMI, marital status, education or income.

Design

Cross-sectional study. An online survey captured respondents' weight, height, ideal weight, main reasons for wanting to change their weight and challenges to managing their weight.

Setting

Online survey in Australia.

Subjects

Six hundred and twenty women aged 18-30 years currently living in Australia who completed the survey between 31 July and 30 September 2012.

Results

Approximately half of participants (53·1 %) were a healthy weight, 25·2 % overweight and 19·0 % obese. Women unhappy at their current weight (

SUBMITTER: Holley TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10271181 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature