ArticleJournal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi2015
The combined effect of subjective body image and body mass index (distorted body weight perception) on suicidal ideation.
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- Association between Weight Status and Mental Health among Korean Adolescents: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Association between Subjective Body Image, Body Mass Index and Psychological Symptoms in Chinese Adolescents: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Prevalence and factors associated with suicidal ideation amongst college students in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, South Africa.South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care · 2021Article
- Factors associated with psychological stress and distress among Korean adults: the results from Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Self-perceptions of body weight status according to age-groups among Korean women: A nationwide population-based survey.PloS one · 2019Article
- Body weight misperception and psychological distress among young South Korean adults: the role of physical activity.Global health research and policy · 2017Article
- The Association between Inappropriate Weight Control Behaviors and Suicide Ideation and Attempt among Korean Adolescents.Journal of Korean medical science · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectivesMental health disorders and suicide are an important and growing public health concern in Korea. Evidence has shown that both globally and in Korea, obesity is associated with an increased risk of developing some psychiatric disorders. Therefore, we examined the association between distorted body weight perception (BWP) and suicidal ideation.
methodsData were obtained from the 2007-2012 Korea National Health and Nutritional Evaluation Survey (KNHANES), an annual cross-sectional nationwide survey that included 14 276 men and 19 428 women. Multiple logistic regression analyses were conducted to investigate the associations between nine BWP categories, which combined body image (BI) and body mass index (BMI) categories, and suicidal ideation. Moreover, the fitness of our models was verified using the Akaike information criterion.
resultsConsistent with previous studies, suicidal ideation was associated with marital status, household income, education level, and perceived health status in both genders. Only women were significantly more likely to have distorted BWP; there was no relationship among men. In category B1 (low BMI and normal BI), women (odds ratio [OR], 2.25; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.48 to 3.42) were more likely to express suicidal ideation than women in category B2 (normal BMI and normal BI) were. Women in overweight BWP category C2 (normal BMI and fat BI) also had an increased OR for suicidal ideation (OR, 2.25; 95% CI, 1.48 to 3.42). Those in normal BWP categories were not likely to have suicidal ideation. Among women in the underweight BWP categories, only the OR for those in category A2 (normal BMI and thin BI) was significant (OR, 1.34; 95% CI, 1.13 to 1.59).
conclusionsDistorted BWP should be considered an important factor in the prevention of suicide and for the improvement of mental health among Korean adults, especially Korean women with distorted BWPs.
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