Pacanowski C R, Linde J A, Neumark-Sztainer D
School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S. 2nd Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN, 55454, USA.
Curr Obes Rep. 2015 Mar;4(1):65-72. doi: 10.1007/s13679-015-0142-2.
Conflicting views as to the helpfulness or harmfulness of self-weighing for the control of body weight have been presented in the fields of obesity and eating disorders. Because self-weighing is increasingly being considered as an intervention to promote weight loss or prevent weight gain, it is timely to consider unintended psychological outcomes and behavioral correlates of this behavior. Twenty articles from the published literature examining self-weighing and psychological outcomes or weight control behaviors were reviewed. In evaluating self-weighing and affect (ten studies), self-esteem (four studies) and body evaluation (ten studies), and eating behaviors/cognitions (13 studies), in total, most studies found a negative relationship between self-weighing and outcomes (affect: 4/10, self-esteem: 3/4, body evaluation: 4/10, eating behaviors/cognitions: 6/13). Themes that emerged included relationships between self-weighing and negative outcomes for women and younger individuals, and lack of a relationship or positive outcomes for overweight, treatment seeking individuals. Though self-weighing has shown promise in aiding weight control, the degree to which weight loss, and not self-weighing, affects psychological outcomes is not clear. Further assessment of psychological outcomes in self-weighing research may be warranted, as this review suggests the potential for adverse effects of self-weighing in some individuals.
在肥胖症和饮食失调领域，对于自我称重对体重控制是有益还是有害，存在相互矛盾的观点。由于自我称重越来越被视为一种促进减肥或防止体重增加的干预措施，因此及时考虑这种行为产生的意外心理结果和行为关联是很有必要的。我们回顾了已发表文献中20篇研究自我称重与心理结果或体重控制行为的文章。在评估自我称重与情绪（10项研究）、自尊（4项研究）、身体评价（10项研究）以及饮食行为/认知（13项研究）的关系时，总体而言，大多数研究发现自我称重与结果之间存在负相关（情绪：4/10，自尊：3/4，身体评价：4/10，饮食行为/认知：6/13）。出现的主题包括自我称重与女性和年轻人负面结果之间的关系，以及超重且寻求治疗的个体不存在关联或有积极结果。虽然自我称重已显示出有助于控制体重，但减肥而非自我称重对心理结果的影响程度尚不清楚。鉴于本综述表明自我称重可能对某些个体产生不利影响，因此可能有必要在自我称重研究中进一步评估心理结果。
