Meko Ntsoaki L, Nel Mariette
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Health SA. 2021 Mar 30;26:1555. doi: 10.4102/hsag.v26i0.1555. eCollection 2021.
The role of psychosocial determinants of overweight and obesity is receiving attention in South African literature. South Africans tend to exhibit an inaccurate perception of their body weight.
The purpose of this study was to determine levels of body satisfaction in female staff members working in primary schools in Mangaung, Bloemfontein.
Mangaung is a peri-urban area in Bloemfontein in the Free State province of South Africa.
Female staff members over the age of 18 years were invited to participate in the study. Anthropometric measurements of weight and height were measured using standardised techniques to calculate body mass index (BMI). Waist circumference (WC) was measured as an indicator of risk for non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Weight satisfaction was measured using a structured, self-administered body satisfaction questionnaire.
The majority of the staff members (71.3%) were classified as obese (BMI > 30 kg/m); similarly a majority of them were at a high risk of NCDs according to WC. A little over a third (34.8%) of the women perceived themselves to have a normal weight. The majority of the women who had no concern with their body image were obese (59.1%) and only 8.7% of the women in this study were markedly concerned with their body image. Of the 60.9% of women who reported having attempted to lose weight, 38.6% reported using exercise and 30.0% used water as a weight loss method.
Women's awareness of a healthy weight should be promoted if efforts to achieve weight loss are to be effective.
超重和肥胖的社会心理决定因素的作用在南非文献中受到关注。南非人往往对自己的体重存在不准确的认知。
本研究的目的是确定在布隆方丹曼加翁的小学工作的女性工作人员的身体满意度水平。
曼加翁是南非自由州省布隆方丹的一个城郊地区。
邀请18岁以上的女性工作人员参与研究。使用标准化技术测量体重和身高的人体测量数据，以计算体重指数（BMI）。测量腰围（WC）作为非传染性疾病（NCDs）风险的指标。使用结构化的自我管理身体满意度问卷测量体重满意度。
大多数工作人员（71.3%）被归类为肥胖（BMI>30kg/m）；同样，根据腰围，他们中的大多数人患非传染性疾病的风险很高。略超过三分之一（34.8%）的女性认为自己体重正常。大多数对自己身体形象不关心的女性是肥胖者（59.1%），在本研究中，只有8.7%的女性明显关心自己的身体形象。在报告曾尝试减肥的60.9%的女性中，38.6%报告使用运动，30.0%使用喝水作为减肥方法。
如果要使减肥努力有效，就应提高女性对健康体重的认识。
