Pearlson G D, Flournoy L H, Simonson M, Slavney P R
Psychol Med. 1981 Feb;11(1):147-54. doi: 10.1017/s0033291700053368.
Data were gathered on 38 obese women and 16 obese men attending a weight-reduction programme and on an equal number of normal weight controls, regarding accuracy of perception of body width in 4 regions, as well as attitudes towards body size. Obese subjects, particularly women, tended to overestimate body width and to dislike their bodies, but neither of these factors predicted success in losing weight. Age of onset of obesity was not related to degree of adult obesity or to accuracy of estimation of body width.
收集了38名参加减肥计划的肥胖女性和16名肥胖男性以及同等数量正常体重对照者在4个身体部位的身体宽度感知准确性和对体型的态度的数据。肥胖受试者，尤其是女性，往往高估身体宽度并讨厌自己的身体，但这些因素均不能预测减肥成功与否。肥胖发病年龄与成年肥胖程度或身体宽度估计准确性无关。
