ArticleArchives of medical science : AMS2013
First report on body image and weight control in a nationally representative sample of a pediatric population in the Middle East and North Africa: the CASPIAN-III study.
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- Factors Influencing Parents' and Children's Misperception of Children's Weight Status: a Systematic Review of Current Research.Current obesity reports · 2019Pooled it
- Association of dietary acid load with anthropometric indices in children and adolescents.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2021Article
- The main physical components of body image from the perspectives of Iranian adolescents: a qualitative study.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Factors Associated with Tendency for Weight Loss in a Representative Sample of Children and Adolescents: The CASPIAN-V Study.International journal of preventive medicine · 2020Article
- Prevalence of childhood and adolescent overweight and obesity in Asian countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Archives of medical science : AMS · 2018Review
- The validity of self-reported vs. measured body weight and height and the effect of self-perception.Archives of medical science : AMS · 2018Article
- Physical inactivity and associated factors in Iranian children and adolescents: the Weight Disorders Survey of the CASPIAN-IV study.Journal of cardiovascular and thoracic research · 2017Article
- Risk factor indicators in offspring of patients with premature coronary heart disease in Banja Luka region/Republic of Srpska/Bosnia and Herzegovina.Archives of medical science : AMS · 2016Article
- Association of ghrelin with cardiometabolic risk factors in Iranian adolescents: the CASPIAN-III study.Journal of cardiovascular and thoracic research · 2016Article
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- Association between body mass index and perceived weight status with self-rated health and life satisfaction in Iranian children and adolescents: the CASPIAN-III study.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2015Article
- The incidence of acute myocardial infarction in relation to overweight and obesity: a meta-analysis.Archives of medical science : AMS · 2014Review
- An overview on the successes, challenges and future perspective of a national school-based surveillance program: the CASPIAN study.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2014Article
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Abstract
introductionThis study explores the associations of weight perceptions with actual body mass index (BMI) and attempts to lose weight in a nationally representative sample of a pediatric population. MATERIAL AND
methodsData were collected from school students of 27 provinces in Iran, as part of "the national survey of school student high risk behaviors". We used t-test for continuous data and chi square test for categorical data. The correlation between categorical variables was assessed by Cramer's phi test. A multiple nominal logistic regression model was fitted to data to assess the association between perceived body weight and gender by adjusting for potential confounding variables.
resultsThe study participants consisted of 5570 (2784 girls, 70% urban) students with mean age of 14.7 ±2.4 years. Overall, 17.3% of students were underweight, and 17.7% were overweight or obese. Nearly 25% and 50% of participants reported themselves as appropriate weight and very obese, respectively. In both genders, the strength of association between perceived weight and actual BMI was quite high (Cramer's phi coefficient = 0.5, p < 0.0001), and that of perceived body weight with trying to lose weight was moderate (Cramer's phi coefficient = 0.2, p < 0.0001). Overweight students were more likely than their obese peers to try to lose weight. After adjusting for possible confounders, the chance of perceiving oneself as very obese compared to perceiving oneself as very thin was 1.56-fold higher in girls than in boys, i.e. OR (95% CI): 1.56 (1.27-1.91).
conclusionsThis study revealed a considerably frequent "mismatch" between actual weight status and body shape dissatisfaction, which supports the necessity of increasing public awareness in this regard.
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