Who knows what ‘healthy weight’ looks like?
Journal Title: The Journal of Health Design - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
This study aimed to explore whether the general population is able to identify a healthy body mass index (BMI) and accurately perceive their own BMI using a visual scale. The results showed that overweight participants were significantly less likely to correctly identify their own BMI (38.9 per cent, p<0.001), compared to obese (88 per cent), or healthy weight (73 per cent) participants. Overweight participants were also most likely to incorrectly think that they are a healthy size (66.7 per cent, p<0.001) compared to 11.7 per cent of obese participants. The study results suggest that people who are overweight may require assistance to identify that they are overweight in order to begin to address the associated health issues.
Authors and Affiliations
Rowan Flanagan, Epi Kanjo, Daniel Waugh, Xingqiong Meng, Catherine Krejany
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- DOI 10.21853/JHD.2018.49
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