한국 저체중 성인의 주관적 체형인식과 체중감량과의 관련성

Abstract

Purpose: The study is to identify as to whether subjective body image perception has an effect on weight-loss of underweight adults, utilizing 2009 Community Health Survey Report data.

Method: The study was conducted in a way that investigators held an individual one-on-one interview with 12,394 underweight subjects from BMI calculation out of 230,715 samples over the country. Collected data were analyzed with SPSS (Ver. 20.0).

Results: As a result, more than 25% of underweight adults of the country have misperceived their body type. Logistic regression analysis showed that these misperceived underweight adults tend to try lose weight 4.58 times(95% reliability section 3.77-5.56) and 14.49 times more(95% reliability section 8.87-23.67) when perceived themselves normal and obese respectively than they perceive themselves skinny.

Conclusion: In conclusion, a degree of influence on weight-loss of people is correlated with a degree of how people perceive themselves. Researchers shall take this fact into consideration when they execute a weight-losing program for underweight adults in future. subjective body image perception