Ideal Weight and Weight Satisfaction: Association With Health Practices

Ideal weight and weight satisfaction: association with health practices.

Evidence suggests that individuals have become more tolerant of higher body weights over time. To investigate this issue further, the authors examined cross-sectional associations among ideal weight, examination year, and obesity as well as the association of ideal weight and body weight satisfaction with health practices among 15,221 men and 4,126 women in the United States. Participants in 19...

Association between feeding practices and weight status in young children

BACKGROUND Inappropriate feeding practices during infancy may lead to overweight. The aims of this study are to investigate the growth of children in the first 18 months of life; to evaluate the feeding practices of caregivers using developed Young Child Feeding Questionnaire; and to investigate caregivers' feeding attitudes and behaviors associated with infants' weight status. METHODS Six mo...

Low birth weight and its association factors in Iran: according world health organization model

Objective: Birth weight is one of the most important ,simplest and common determinations for assessments infants status in each country. this study has been designed to investigate the articles that published in its prevalence and related factors. Materials & Methods: This study is a review articles that focuses on the prevalence and association factors whit low birth weight in the last 10 y...

Personal health practices: smoking, drinking, physical activity and weight.

Body Weight Perception and Weight Control Practices among Teenagers

Background. Weight-loss behaviours are highly prevalent among adolescents, and body weight perception motivates weight control practices. However, little is known about the association of body weight perception, and weight control practices among teenagers in Mauritius. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationships between actual body weight, body weight perception, and weight contr...