Khalaf Atika, Westergren Albert, Berggren Vanja, Ekblom Örjan, Al-Hazzaa Hazzaa M
The PRO-CARE Group, School of Health and Society, Kristianstad University, 291 88 Kristianstad, Sweden ; Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institute, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
The PRO-CARE Group, School of Health and Society, Kristianstad University, 291 88 Kristianstad, Sweden.
J Obes. 2015;2015:697163. doi: 10.1155/2015/697163. Epub 2015 Nov 11.
The aim of this study was to investigate perceived and ideal body image (BI) and associated factors among female university students in Saudi Arabia.
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.
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.
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.
本研究旨在调查沙特阿拉伯女大学生对身体形象的认知和理想身体形象及其相关因素。
这项横断面研究纳入了663名大学女学生。获取了包括体重、身高、体重指数和身体形象认知（九分体型轮廓）在内的人体测量数据。进行了描述性和逻辑回归分析。
23%的参与者的实际、感知和理想身体形象达成一致。行为因素（活动水平）、社会因素（父母肥胖情况和父亲教育程度）和经济因素（家庭月收入、家庭汽车数量和居住类型）与想要变瘦的愿望呈显著正相关。同样，社会经济因素（姐妹数量和家庭汽车数量）与想要变胖的愿望呈显著正相关。
在有关外表担忧和身体形象差异的干预措施中，应更多地考虑整个家庭。此外，针对改善青少年身体自我形象的宣传活动应成为公共卫生部门的首要任务。
