Body weight classification

Body weight classification.

Body Weight and Body Image

HEALTH ISSUE: Body weight is of physical and psychological importance to Canadian women; it is associated with health status, physical activity, body image, and self-esteem. Although the problems associated with overweight and obesity are indeed serious, there are also problems connected to being underweight. Weight prejudice and the dieting industry intensify body image concerns for Canadian w...

Body weight perception and body weight control behaviors in adolescents.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between the perception of body weight (as above or below the desired) and behaviors for body weight control in adolescents. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study that included 1051 adolescents (aged 15-19 years) who were high school students attending public schools. The authors collected information on the perception of body weight (dependent varia...

Regulation of body weight.

REGULATION OF BODY WEIGHT is a complex and dynamic process. Many aspects of this regulation have been addressed by recent publications in the American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. Among them are delineation of pathways signaling satiation; interactions with other physiological control systems, notably cardiovascular and reproductive systems; explorat...

[Weight and age classification].