We examined the prevalence and correlates of satisfaction with appearance and weight. Participants (N=12,176) completed an online survey posted on the NBCNews.com and Today.com websites. Few men and women were very to extremely dissatisfied with their physical appearances (6%; 9%), but feeling very to extremely dissatisfied with weight was more common (15%; 20%). Only about one-fourth of men an...

This study examined men's body image in the context of their romantic relationships. One hundred and four heterosexual romantic couples (N = 208 participants) completed measures assessing men's body image, perceptions of men's weight change, relationship length, and sexual intimacy. Men's height and weight were also measured. Results indicate that men were more likely to be satisfied with their...

BACKGROUND Body image (BI) and body satisfaction may be important in understanding weight loss behaviors, particularly during the postpartum period. We assessed these constructs among African American and white overweight postpartum women. METHODS The sample included 162 women (73 African American and 89 white) in the intervention arm 6 months into the Active Mothers Postpartum (AMP) Study, a...

OBJECTIVE To describe the prevalence of self-weighing in the transition period from adolescence to young adulthood and examine cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between self-weighing and weight status, psychological, and behavioral outcomes. DESIGN Project Eating and Activity in Teens and Young Adults, a longitudinal cohort study that assessed variables 3 times over 10 years. PA...

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the postoperative pain and satisfaction of patients who underwent total laparoscopic or abdominal hysterectomy for benign gynecologic conditions. Materials and Methods: This study was a prospective, randomized trial. A visual analogue scale and patient satisfaction score scale were used to evaluate the patients’ postoperative satisfaction rates. S...

Much research has demonstrated negative impacts of idealized-body imagery exposure on body satisfaction. Yet, paradoxically, media with such imagery attract mass audiences. Few studies showed women's body satisfaction increased due to thin-ideal exposure. The kind of social comparison women engage in (self-evaluation vs. self-improvement) may explain these inconsistent findings and the paradoxi...

BACKGROUND Perceived body appearance and body satisfaction are potentially related to weight problems and poor health. The purpose of this study was to examine how gender, and ethnic differences in body satisfaction, perceived body appearance and weight status change by age in a representative sample of U.S. adolescents 11-17 years old. METHODS We used the US Health Behavior in School-Aged Ch...

Since mobile commerce is a new commerce mode, there is a significant meaning to research on customer satisfaction with its services. This paper evaluates the customer satisfaction with m-commerce services, which adopts ASCI model, uses AHP to identify the weight and adapts grey clustering relational method, and illustrates this method by an example. It makes an exploratory research on the appli...