Overweight or about right? A norm comparison explanation of perceived weight status
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Overweight or about right? A norm comparison explanation of perceived weight status
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 ev...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Obesity Science & Practice
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2055-2238,2055-2238
DOI: 10.1002/osp4.89