biostudies-literatureWallner CRuhr University Bochum13212https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9602659biostudies-literatureUnknown19(20)<h4>Background</h4>Body image research deals a lot with awareness of the body as an entity. Studies that consider individual anatomical aspects and place them in an intercultural context are rarely present.<h4>Methods</h4>For this purpose, general data, body perception and judgment of body images from 2163 (48% female and 52% male) participants from Germany, Nigeria, the USA and Japan were evaluated as part of a survey.<h4>Results</h4>There were clear differences in the personal body image of the participants' own buttocks, the buttocks as a beauty ideal and the way in which dissatisfaction was dealt with in different countries. In addition to sexual well-being (importance score: 0.405 a.u.), the country of origin (0.353), media consumption (0.042) and one's own weight (0.069) were also idInternational journal of environmental research and public healthInterethnic Influencing Factors Regarding Buttocks Body Image in Women from Nigeria, Germany, USA and Japan.PMC9602659F946N3-2020O Olapegba PSuzuki TLehnhardt MWallner CDrysch MAyandele OYamamiya YKruber SBehr BWagner MJNamatame HSawamiya YOlonisakin TTAdebayo SOfalseInterethnic Influencing Factors Regarding Buttocks Body Image in Women from Nigeria, Germany, USA and Japan.<h4>Background</h4>Body image research deals a lot with awareness of the body as an entity. Studies that consider individual anatomical aspects and place them in an intercultural context are rarely present.<h4>Methods</h4>For this purpose, general data, body perception and judgment of body images from 2163 (48% female and 52% male) participants from Germany, Nigeria, the USA and Japan were evaluated as part of a survey.<h4>Results</h4>There were clear differences in the personal body image of the participants' own buttocks, the buttocks as a beauty ideal and the way in which dissatisfaction was dealt with in different countries. In addition to sexual well-being (importance score: 0.405 a.u.), the country of origin (0.353), media consumption (0.042) and one's own weight (0.069) were also id2022-01-01T00:00:00Z2022 Oct2025-04-19T12:04:55.266Z2024-12-03T15:39:12.416ZS-EPMC96026593629379710.3390/ijerph192013212