期刊
OBESITY SCIENCE & PRACTICE
卷 3, 期 1, 页码 36-43出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/osp4.89
关键词
Body image; norms; perceived weight; weight status misperceptions
资金
- Medical Research Council
- Economic and Social Research Council [ES/N00034X/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- Medical Research Council [MR/N000218/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- ESRC [ES/N00034X/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- MRC [MR/N000218/1] Funding Source: UKRI
Objectives Body-weight norms may explain why personal evaluations of weight status are often inaccurate. Here, we tested a 'norm comparison' explanation of weight status perceptions, whereby personal evaluations of weight status are biased by perceived body-weight norms. Methods Study 1 examined whether perceptions of how one's own body weight compares to an average person predict personal evaluations of weight status. Study 2 examined whether manipulating perceptions of how one's own body weight compares to an average person influences whether or not a person identifies their own weight status as being overweight. Results In Study 1, if participants rated their body weight as being similar to the body weight of an average person, they were less likely to identify their weight status as being overweight. In Study 2, participants that were led to believe that their body weight was heavier than the average person were more likely to perceive their own weight status as being overweight. Conclusions Personal perceptions of weight status are likely to be shaped by a 'norm comparison' process. As overweight becomes more normal, underestimation of weight status amongst individuals with overweight and obesity will be more common.
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