ArticleJournal of obesity2012
Being Normal Weight but Feeling Overweight in Adolescence May Affect Weight Development into Young Adulthood-An 11-Year Followup: The HUNT Study, Norway.
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- A systematic review of the relationship between weight status perceptions and weight loss attempts, strategies, behaviours and outcomes.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2018Pooled it
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- Body weight misperception among school going adolescents in Cameroon.BMC public health · 2026Article
- The Impact of Adolescent Body Weight Misclassification on Dieting Behaviour From Adolescence to Adulthood: A Longitudinal Study.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2026Article
- Cohort Profile Update: The Young-HUNT Study, Norway.International journal of epidemiology · 2024Article
- Weight perception and mental health disorders among adolescents of central-eastern Tunisia: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2024Article
- The Association between Body Weight Misclassification in Adolescence and Body Fat and Waist Circumference in Adulthood: A Longitudinal Study.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Weight misperception and substance use: Brazilian Study of Cardiovascular Risks in Adolescents (ERICA).BMC public health · 2022Article
- Lean Body Mass and Self-Perceived Body Image among Youth in the United Arab Emirates.Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis · 2022Article
- Association between body weight misperception and dietary patterns in Brazilian adolescents: Cross-sectional study using ERICA data.PloS one · 2021Article
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- Longitudinal Relationship Study of Depression and Self-Esteem in Postnatal Korean Women Using Autoregressive Cross-Lagged Modeling.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Predictors of Persistent Body Weight Misclassification from Adolescence Period to Adulthood: A Longitudinal Study.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2019Article
- Healthy Teens @ School: Evaluating and disseminating transdiagnostic preventive interventions for eating disorders and obesity for adolescents in school settings.Internet interventions · 2019Article
- Analyzing the distinguishing factors that affect childhood obesity in South Korea.Frontiers of medicine · 2018Article
- Incidence of childhood overweight and obesity and its association with weight-related attitudes and behaviors in China: a national longitudinal study.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2018Article
- Mismatch in Children's Weight Assessment, Ideal Body Image, and Rapidly Increased Obesity Prevalence in China: A 10-Year, Nationwide, Longitudinal Study.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2018Article
- Relationship between body weight perception and weight-related behaviours.The Journal of international medical research · 2018Article
- Does Knowing Hurt? Perceiving Oneself as Overweight Predicts Future Physical Health and Well-Being.Psychological science · 2017Article
- Universal prevention efforts should address eating disorder pathology across the weight spectrum: Implications for screening and intervention on college campuses.Eating behaviors · 2017Article
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Abstract
Objectives. To explore if self-perceived overweight in normal weight adolescents influence their weight development into young adulthood and if so, whether physical activity moderates this association. Methods. A longitudinal study of 1196 normal weight adolescents (13-19 yrs) who were followed up as young adults (24-30 yrs) in the HUNT study. Lifestyle and health issues were assessed employing questionnaires, and standardized anthropometric measurements were taken. Chi square calculations and regression analyses were performed to investigate the associations between self-perceived overweight and change in BMI or waist circumference (WC) adjusted for age, age squared, sex, and other relevant cofactors. Results. Adolescents, defined as being normal weight, but who perceived themselves as overweight had a larger weight gain into young adulthood than adolescents who perceived themselves as normal weight (difference in BMI: 0.66 units [CI95%: 0.1, 1.2] and in WC: 3.46 cm [CI95%: 1.8, 5.1]). Level of physical activity was not found to moderate this association. Conclusions. This study reveals that self-perceived overweight during adolescence may affect development of weight from adolescence into young adulthood. This highlights the importance of also focusing on body image in public health interventions against obesity, favouring a "healthy" body weight taking into account natural differences in body shapes.
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