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KMID : 0384320040250060462
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Korean Journal of Family Medicine
2004 Volume.25 No. 6 p.462 ~ p.468
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Factors Associated with Distorted Self- perception of Body Weight in Korean Adults
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Kim Chang-Seop
Chung Tae-Heum
Kim Moon-Chan
Park Jeong-Woon
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Abstract
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Background: This study was done to examine the relationship between distorted self-perception of body weight and some sociodemographic factors in Korean adults.
Methods: This study was conducted among 14,621 adults (men 10,833, women 3,788), who visited Ulsan University Hospital Health Promotion Center to take a routine health examination. The objective body weight status was classified as underweight, normal, overweight, and obesity by body mass index. We compared the self- perception of body weight with in objective body weight status. We used multiple logistic regression to assess the odds ratio for distorted self-perception of body weight by age, marital status, monthly income, and level of education.
Results: Among the total 72.8% of obese men had a distorted self-perception of being slightly excess, 48% of overweight men considered themselves as just about right, and 39.5% of men with normal body weight as underweight. In women, 36.5% with normal body weight had a distorted self-perception of being slightly excess or very excess. In both men and women who were overweight or obesity, the distorted self-perception of being just about right was increased with higher age and lower education. The odds ratio of distorted self-perception in normal as being slightly excess or very excess was higher in women with higher income and higher education.
Conclusion: In both men and women, many people had a distorted self-perception of Body weight. Some sociodemographic factors were found to be related to the self- perception of body weight. (J Korean Acad Fam Med 2004;25:462-468)
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KEYWORD
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distorted self-perception, body weight status, adult
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