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2006, Number 4

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Rev Biomed 2006; 17 (4)

Higher BMI means greater body image dissatisfaction.

Casillas-Estrella M, Montaño-Castrejón N, Reyes-Velázquez V, Bacardí-Gascón M, Jiménez-Cruz A

Language: Spanish
References: 23
Page: 243-249
PDF size: 75.58 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Background. Social pressure causes people outside the “norm” established by society to develop different degrees of body image dissatisfaction (BID). Consequently, different psychosocial alterations such as isolation, low self-esteem, anxiety, and even depression could result.
Objective. The objective of this study was to determine the degree of BID in people who attend a primary care university center.
Method. One hundred and fifty eight patients seeking medical assistance agreed to participate in this study. They were asked to select a figure from the modified Stunkard pictogram, which they most believed to represent their personal body image and their desired body image. Weight, length, and waist circumference were obtained from all the participants. A Spearman correlation was utilized to determine if there was an association between body mass index (BMI) and the degree of BID; t-tests for independent samples were used to assess the differences of BID and abdominal obesity, overweight, obesity, gender, and history of obesity before age 15.
Results: A positive correlation between degree of BID and BMI (O.544, P ‹ 0.01) was shown. Normal BMI had an average BID score of 0.9, overweight 1.7, and obese 2.6. Women (P ‹ 0.01) as well as people with abdominal adiposity (P ‹ 0.0001), or who were overweight or obese (P ‹ 0.001), as well as those with childhood history of fat excess had higher degrees of BID.
Recommendations. It is necessary to establish comprehensive obesity prevention programs including different levels of contingencies, structures, institutions, sectors and risk factors, in all stages of life.


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