Perceived and Ideal Body Image in Young Women in South Western Saudi Arabia
Objectives. The aim of this study was to investigate perceived and ideal body image (BI) and associated factors among female university students in Saudi Arabia. Methods. This cross-sectional study included 663 university female students. Anthropometric measurements including weight, height, BMI, an...
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| author | Atika Khalaf Albert Westergren Vanja Berggren Örjan Ekblom Hazzaa M. Al-Hazzaa |
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| description | Objectives. The aim of this study was to investigate perceived and ideal body image (BI) and associated factors among female university students in Saudi Arabia. Methods. This cross-sectional study included 663 university female students. Anthropometric measurements including weight, height, BMI, and BI perception (the 9-figure silhouette) were obtained. Descriptive and logistic regression analysis were conducted. Results. An agreement between actual, perceived, and ideal BI was found in 23% of the participants. Behavioral (activity levels), social (presence of obese parents and fathers’ level of education), and economic factors (households’ monthly income, number of cars in the household, and kind of residence) were positively and significantly associated with the desire to be thinner. Similarly, socioeconomic associations (number of sisters and number of cars in the household) correlated positively and significantly with the desire to be heavier. Conclusions. The whole family should rather be considered in interventions related to appearance concerns and BI discrepancies. Furthermore, campaigns targeting improvement of adolescents’ physical self-image should be a major priority of the public health sector. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5caeecde7e0546c3a8a0189d04d0202c2025-02-03T06:01:19ZengWileyJournal of Obesity2090-07082090-07162015-01-01201510.1155/2015/697163697163Perceived and Ideal Body Image in Young Women in South Western Saudi ArabiaAtika Khalaf0Albert Westergren1Vanja Berggren2Örjan Ekblom3Hazzaa M. Al-Hazzaa4The PRO-CARE Group, School of Health and Society, Kristianstad University, 291 88 Kristianstad, SwedenThe PRO-CARE Group, School of Health and Society, Kristianstad University, 291 88 Kristianstad, SwedenDepartment of Health Sciences, Medical Faculty, Lund University, 221 00 Lund, SwedenÅstrand Laboratory of Work Physiology, The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, 114 86 Stockholm, SwedenPediatric Exercise Physiology Research Laboratory, College of Education and Obesity Research Chair, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaObjectives. The aim of this study was to investigate perceived and ideal body image (BI) and associated factors among female university students in Saudi Arabia. Methods. This cross-sectional study included 663 university female students. Anthropometric measurements including weight, height, BMI, and BI perception (the 9-figure silhouette) were obtained. Descriptive and logistic regression analysis were conducted. Results. An agreement between actual, perceived, and ideal BI was found in 23% of the participants. Behavioral (activity levels), social (presence of obese parents and fathers’ level of education), and economic factors (households’ monthly income, number of cars in the household, and kind of residence) were positively and significantly associated with the desire to be thinner. Similarly, socioeconomic associations (number of sisters and number of cars in the household) correlated positively and significantly with the desire to be heavier. Conclusions. The whole family should rather be considered in interventions related to appearance concerns and BI discrepancies. Furthermore, campaigns targeting improvement of adolescents’ physical self-image should be a major priority of the public health sector.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/697163 |
| spellingShingle | Atika Khalaf Albert Westergren Vanja Berggren Örjan Ekblom Hazzaa M. Al-Hazzaa Perceived and Ideal Body Image in Young Women in South Western Saudi Arabia Journal of Obesity |
| title | Perceived and Ideal Body Image in Young Women in South Western Saudi Arabia |
| title_full | Perceived and Ideal Body Image in Young Women in South Western Saudi Arabia |
| title_fullStr | Perceived and Ideal Body Image in Young Women in South Western Saudi Arabia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Perceived and Ideal Body Image in Young Women in South Western Saudi Arabia |
| title_short | Perceived and Ideal Body Image in Young Women in South Western Saudi Arabia |
| title_sort | perceived and ideal body image in young women in south western saudi arabia |
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