Boo Sunjoo
College of Nursing, Gachon University, Incheon, Korea.
Nurs Health Sci. 2014 Dec;16(4):468-75. doi: 10.1111/nhs.12154. Epub 2014 Jun 18.
The prevalence of obesity is increasing. In Korea, this is especially true of men in general, and women of low socioeconomic status. Misperception of body weight poses a barrier to the prevention of obesity. In this study, the misperception of body weight in relation to actual body weight and associated factors in Korean adults was evaluated. Data from 7162 adults who participated in the 2009 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were analyzed. Misperception of body weight was substantial in Koreans, with 48.9% underestimating and 6.8% overestimating their weight status. More men than women underestimated their weight status. Weight perception in women was affected more by sociodemographic characteristics. Women's underestimation was positively associated with older age, marital status, and lower socioeconomic status. This suggests that increasing public awareness of healthy weight will be helpful to counteract the current obesity epidemic in Korea.
肥胖的患病率正在上升。在韩国，总体上男性以及社会经济地位较低的女性尤其如此。对体重的错误认知构成了预防肥胖的障碍。在本研究中，评估了韩国成年人中与实际体重相关的体重错误认知及其相关因素。分析了参与2009年韩国国民健康与营养检查调查的7162名成年人的数据。韩国人对体重的错误认知很普遍，48.9%的人低估了自己的体重状况，6.8%的人高估了自己的体重状况。低估自己体重状况的男性多于女性。女性的体重认知受社会人口学特征的影响更大。女性的低估与年龄较大、婚姻状况以及较低的社会经济地位呈正相关。这表明提高公众对健康体重的认识将有助于应对韩国当前的肥胖流行问题。
