Factors affecting body image discordance amongst Korean adults aged 19-39 yearsopen access
- Authors
- Jang, Hye-Young; Ahn, Jung-Won; Jeon, Mi-Kyeong
- Issue Date
- Aug-2018
- Publisher
- Korean Disease Control and Prevention Agency
- Keywords
- Adult; Body image; Body mass index; Overweight
- Citation
- Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives, v.9, no.4, pp.197 - 206
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- SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives
- Volume
- 9
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 197
- End Page
- 206
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/149647
- ISSN
- 2210-9099
- Abstract
- Objectives: This study was designed to investigate factors affecting the discordance between body image and body mass index amongst Korean adults aged 19-39 years.
Methods: Data (N = 59,361) from the 2014 Korean Community Health Survey was analyzed using descriptive analysis, chi-square test, and logistic regression analysis.
Results: To examine the factors affecting body image discordance as observed in 43.1% of participants, the group was subdivided into underestimation and overestimation. There were 36.0% of participants that were body image discordant underestimators and 7.1% were overestimators. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the underestimators tended to be men, graduated from high school, married, current/ex-smokers, ex-drinkers, had between 5 to 9 hours sleep (inclusive), had fair to good self-rated health, and demonstrated healthy weight control behavior, relative to the reference group. In comparison, overestimators tended to be in the 19-29 year group and had signs of depression. The OR of individuals who were men, married, and had healthy weight control behavior was significantly lower in the overestimators group.
Conclusion: These findings show that tailored interventions to promote accurate body awareness should be based on the type of body image discordance. In addition, it is necessary to develop and implement a program of body image improvement that considers the factors affecting body weight discordance.
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