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| Title |
The association between misperceptions around weight status and quality of life in adults in Australia
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| Published in |
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, March 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12955-017-0627-7 |
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| Authors |
Christopher Heard, Paul A. Scuffham, Julie Ratcliffe, Jennifer A. Whitty |
| Abstract |
Limited evidence supports a possible association between a person's perception of their weight status and their quality of life (QoL). This study evaluates whether misperception around weight status is associated with QoL and the impact of gender on this association. A cross-sectional survey of Australian adults (n = 1,905 analysed) collected self-reported height and weight (used to estimate BMI), gender and QoL (described using the AQoL-8D). Participants reported whether they perceived their weight status to be 'underweight', 'healthy weight', 'overweight' or 'obese'. Misperception around weight status was categorised based on perceived weight status and self-reported BMI. Ordinary least squares regression was used to test associations between self-reported overall, physical and psychosocial QoL, misperception of weight status, and gender, across different BMI categories, after controlling for income, education, relationship status and health conditions. Compared to accurate perception, underestimation of weight status was associated with higher overall QoL for obese males and females and for overweight males. Overestimation of weight status was associated with higher overall QoL for underweight females and lower overall QoL for healthy weight males and females. The same pattern was seen for psychosocial QoL. Physical QoL was less sensitive to misperception than psychosocial QoL. Self-reported misperception around weight status is associated with overall, psychosocial and to a lesser extent physical QoL in Australian adults, although its role depends on BMI category and gender. Generally misperception in the direction of "healthy weight" is associated with higher QoL and overestimation of weight status by those who are of healthy weight is associated with lower QoL. Findings should be confirmed in datasets that contain measured as opposed to self-report height and weight. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 39 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 39 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 10% |
| Researcher | 4 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 5 | 13% |
| Unknown | 12 | 31% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 6 | 15% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 15% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 10% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 2 | 5% |
| Neuroscience | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 6 | 15% |
| Unknown | 13 | 33% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 March 2017.
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#14,927,127
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#1,271
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#184,695
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#29
of 62 outputs
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