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2020
- ISIDORE Id: 10670/1.236d12...
- hal: hal-03456189
- doi: 10.1080/03630242.2020.1758287
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Body weight perceptions obesity rural South Africa women Body weight perceptions -bio]/Human health and pathology/Endocrinology and metabolism -bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologieSujets proches
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P. Gradidge et al., « Body weight perceptions and obesity amongst university employed South African women », HAL SHS (Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société), ID : 10.1080/03630242.2020.1758287
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his study aimed to rigorously assess body weight perceptions according to several body image dimensions in rural, employed African women. One hundred and thirty-two employed black African women were recruited at a rural South African university. Participants were asked to choose their ‘ideal’ and ‘feel’ perceived body size from nine standardized body image silhouettes, varying according to body size. Three body image dimensions of interest were measured, (1) ‘feel’ minus ‘ideal’ index (FID), (2) perceived minus the actual weight status (PAD) index and (3) valorization of stoutness index (participants that chose silhouettes corresponding to overweight/obesity). Using the FID dimension, older obese women had significantly higher desire for leanness, with small effects, compared with lean and younger obese women (p = .001). Those women who correctly perceived body weight (PAD = 0), were mostly obese and older (p < .0001), with moderate effects, than non-obese women. Social valorization of stoutness was observed in 58.3% of the sample, but was higher in older obese women, with small effects, compared with lean women (p = .0001). This study has shown that the majority of the study population demonstrated a social valorization of stoutness, despite a desire to be thinner and the ability to adequately perceive their own body weight in accordance with BMI.
