Silhouette showcards confirm altered obesity-associated body image perception in international cohort study of African-origin populations.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Given the increasing prevalence of obesity and need for effective interventions, there is a growing interest in understanding how an individual's body image can inform obesity prevention and management. This study's objective was to examine the use of silhouette showcards to measure body size perception compared with measured body mass index, and assess body size dissatisfaction, in three different African-origin populations spanning the epidemiological transition. An ancillary objective was to investigate associations between body size perception and dissatisfaction with diabetes and hypertension.

Setting

Research visits were completed in local research clinics in respective countries.

Participants

Seven hundred and fifty-one African-origin participants fr

SUBMITTER: Choo-Kang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10928747 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature