PMID: 9176831Jun 1, 1997Paper

Concern regarding bodyweight and energy balance in a group of female university students from Madrid: differences with respect to body mass index

Journal of the American College of Nutrition
R M OrtegaP Andrés

Abstract

There are powerful social and psychological motivators that oblige a high proportion of women to restrict their energy intake for purely aesthetic reasons. The purpose of this research was to assess the relationships between concern regarding body weight and energy balance in a group of female university students from Madrid, Spain, with respect to differences in body mass index (BMI). 126 subjects completed a questionnaire asking if they were happy with their body weight, if they considered themselves fat, and if they would like to lose some weight. Energy intake was measured by means of a 7-day food record. Food intake was recorded by weight, except for that consumed away from home which was recorded using traditional household quantities. A comparison of energy intake and estimated energy expenditure was performed, using equations proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO), to provide a measure of the under- or overestimation of intake. All subjects with BMI > or = 25 kg/m2 (6.2% of the total) described themselves as fat. 71.4% had, at some time, followed a weight-reduction diet. However, even among subjects with BMI < 20 kg/m2 (28.4% of the total), 2.9% thought themselves fat and 17.1% had at some time followed a slimm...Continue Reading

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Mar 1, 1997·Zeitschrift für Ernährungswissenschaft·R M OrtegaA M López-Sobaler
May 14, 2009·Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology·Rosa M OrtegaJose M Perea
Aug 4, 2015·Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology·Stefanie MacheGeraldine Preuß
Sep 13, 2002·Obesity Research·Hanne BendixenArne Astrup
Nov 11, 2005·The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition·Rosa M Ortega, Ana M López-Sobaler

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