ArticlePublic health nutrition2015
Body size dissatisfaction among young Chinese children in Hong Kong: a cross-sectional study.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Systematic Review of Digital Interventions for Adolescent and Young Adult Women's Body Image.Frontiers in global women's health · 2022Pooled it
- Factors Influencing Parents' and Children's Misperception of Children's Weight Status: a Systematic Review of Current Research.Current obesity reports · 2019Pooled it
- Screen-based sedentary behavior and BMI among Chinese adolescents: weight concern as a mediator moderated by body image perception.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Perceived body size across sex and weight categories and its association with body size dissatisfaction: a cross-sectional study among early primary school children in Norway.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Robust identification key predictors of short- and long-term weight status in children and adolescents by machine learning.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Psychometric properties of Chinese Translated body compassion scale (BCS) among Hong Kong adolescents.Journal of exercise science and fitness · 2022Article
- Dietary Patterns, Weight Perception and Obesity Status, among 10-12-Year-Old Children; an Epidemiological Study in Greece.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Body image as risk factor for emotional and behavioral problems among Chinese adolescents.BMC public health · 2018Article
- Weight perception and its association with socio-demographic and health-related factors among Korean adolescents.BMC public health · 2015Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine the potential predictors of body size dissatisfaction in Chinese children.
designThe Child's Body Image Scale was used to assess body size perception and dissatisfaction. BMI was calculated from objectively measured height and weight. Predictors of body size dissatisfaction were examined by logistic regression analysis.
settingHong Kong, China. SUBJECTS: Six hundred and twenty children (53 % boys, aged 6·1-12·9 years) from a state-run primary school.
resultsFemale sex (adjusted OR (AOR)=1·91; 95 % CI 1·32, 2·76), age (AOR=2·62; 95 % CI 1·65, 4·16 for 8-10 years; AOR=2·16; 95 % CI 1·38, 3·38 for >10 years), overweight (AOR=6·23; 95 % CI 3·66, 10·60) and obesity (AOR=19·04; 95 % CI 5·64, 64·32) were positively associated with desire to be thinner. Size misperception was a strong predictor of body size dissatisfaction, irrespective of actual weight status (AOR=1·90; 95 % CI 1·02, 3·54 for overestimation; AOR=0·43; 95 % CI 0·27, 0·67 for underestimation).
conclusionsBody size dissatisfaction is prevalent among Chinese children as young as 6 years. Female sex, age, overweight, obesity and overestimation of size were associated with increased desire to be thinner. These findings emphasise the importance of preventing body image issues from an early age.
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