BMI and sociodemographic correlates of body image perception and attitudes in school-aged children

Public Health Nutrition

Mercedes Mora-Plazas¹  Joyce M Lee¹  Ofra Duchin¹  Ana Baylin¹  Constanza Marin¹  Carlos Mendes de Leon¹  Eduardo Villamor¹ 

关键词: Body image perception;    Body image dissatisfaction;    BMI;    School-aged children;   

DOI  :  10.1017/S1368980013002309

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Cambridge University Press

【 摘 要 】

ObjectiveThe aim of the present study was to identify correlates of body image perception and dissatisfaction among school-aged children from Colombia, a country undergoing the nutrition transition.DesignCross-sectional study. Using child-adapted Stunkard scales, children were asked to indicate the silhouette that most closely represented their current and desired body shapes. Body image dissatisfaction (BID) score was estimated as current minus desired silhouette. Height and weight were measured in all children. Sociodemographic data were collected through questionnaires completed by the children's mothers.SettingPublic primary schools in Bogotá, Colombia.SubjectsChildren aged 5–12 years (n 629) and their mothers.ResultsMean BID score was 0·1 (sd 1·7). The strongest predictor of BID was actual BMI-for-age Z-score (BAZ). Compared with children with BAZ ≥ −1 and

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