Prevalence and determinants of weight misperception among adult females in Basrah city
Association with the other studied characteristics. Conclusions :The study showed that approximately half of the studied females misperceived their body weight. Females tend to perceive their weights accurately as their ages increase. Highest percents of weight misconception are for obese females wh...
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| description | Association with the other studied characteristics. Conclusions :The study showed that approximately half of the studied females misperceived their body weight. Females tend to perceive their weights accurately as their ages increase. Highest percents of weight misconception are for obese females who misperceived themselves as overweight and then for underweight ones who misperceived their weights as normal. Recommendations: Comprehensive intervention programs for women could be devised to raise self-awareness of their weight status, to overcome weight misperception, and to prevent obesity and its related health risks. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1a4fd17cb6c2440badc56ebb081641db2023-07-20T02:31:45Zenguniversity of basrahBasrah Journal of Surgery1683-35892409-501X2023-06-012913242https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2023.137003.1034Prevalence and determinants of weight misperception among adult females in Basrah cityDhuha Ahmed Farhan0Lamis Aziz Hameed1Thi-Qar Directorate General of Health, Thi-Qar, Iraq University of Basrah, College of MedicineAssociation with the other studied characteristics. Conclusions :The study showed that approximately half of the studied females misperceived their body weight. Females tend to perceive their weights accurately as their ages increase. Highest percents of weight misconception are for obese females who misperceived themselves as overweight and then for underweight ones who misperceived their weights as normal. Recommendations: Comprehensive intervention programs for women could be devised to raise self-awareness of their weight status, to overcome weight misperception, and to prevent obesity and its related health risks.https://www.iasj.net/iasj/download/bab3471faf4b5194weightperceptionfemalesbmibasrah |
| spellingShingle | Dhuha Ahmed Farhan Lamis Aziz Hameed Prevalence and determinants of weight misperception among adult females in Basrah city Basrah Journal of Surgery weight perception females bmi basrah |
| title | Prevalence and determinants of weight misperception among adult females in Basrah city |
| title_full | Prevalence and determinants of weight misperception among adult females in Basrah city |
| title_fullStr | Prevalence and determinants of weight misperception among adult females in Basrah city |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence and determinants of weight misperception among adult females in Basrah city |
| title_short | Prevalence and determinants of weight misperception among adult females in Basrah city |
| title_sort | prevalence and determinants of weight misperception among adult females in basrah city |
| topic | weight perception females bmi basrah |
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