Relationship between Body Image and Body Weight Control in Overweight ≥55-Year-Old Adults: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: Objective: To assess the scientific evidence on the relationship between body image and body weight control in overweight ≥55-year-old adults. Methods: The literature search was conducted on MEDLINE database via PubMed, using terms related to body image, weight control and body composition. Inclusion criteria were scientific papers, written in English or Spanish, made on older adults. Exclusion criteria were eating and psychological disorders, low sample size, cancer, severe diseases, physiological disorders other than metabolic syndrome, and bariatric surgery. Results: Fifty-seven studies were included. Only thirteen were conducted exclusively among ≥55-year-old adults or performed analysis adjusted by age. Overweight perception was related to spontaneous weight management, which usually

SUBMITTER: Bouzas C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6540116 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature