OBJECTIVES This study examines the association between African American adolescent females' body image and their sexual health. METHODS African American adolescent females (n = 522) completed a survey that assessed body image using a 7-item scale (alpha = 0.71) and a face-to-face interview that assessed sexual behaviors. RESULTS In logistic regression analyses, controlling for depression, s...

OBJECTIVE To analyse the scientific literature regarding the evaluation of body image in children through an integrative literature review. DATA SOURCE An intersection of the keywords "body image" AND "child" was conducted in Scopus, Medline and Virtual Health Library (BVS - Biblioteca Virtual de Saúde) databases. The electronic search was based on studies published from January 2013 to Janua...

How to Cite this Article: Deogade SC, Suresan V, Rathod JR, Naitam D. Prevalence and Impact of Dentine Hypersensitivity among Undergraduates in a University Campus of Central India. Ann Med Health Sci Res. 2017; 7:144-149. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and ...

AIM Definition of factors influencing negative body image among obese women and analysis of the relationship between body dissatisfaction and personality variables. METHOD 63 patients participated in this study. The mean age of the obese subjects was 41.90 years (SD +/- 12.23) and the mean body mass index (BMI) was 37.09 kg/m2 (SD +/- 8.09). The control group consisted of 60 women with normal...

OBJECTIVES To analyze the path to dieting behavior in Japanese preadolescents. METHODS A cross-sectional study of dieting behavior among 5,244 preadolescents (2,452 boys and 2,792 girls aged 12-13) born in Toyama prefecture. RESULTS While increasing with body mass index (BMI), the percentage of those who had tried dieting was higher in those who perceived themselves fat than in those who pe...

Introduction: The amount of research on the relationship between plastic surgery and psychological features, such as personality disorders and indexes of body image dissatisfaction, has increased significantly in the last years. Aim: The aim of the present study was to examine these psychological features among Italian patients who underwent aesthetic plastic surgery, testing the mediating role...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence of body image (BI) dissatisfaction in adolescents. The study enrolled 641 adolescents aged 11 to 17 from the town of Saudades, Santa Catarina, Brazil. The prevalence of BI dissatisfaction was 60.4% (males = 54.5%, females = 65.7%; p < 0.05). Boys were more likely to wish to increase the size of their body silhouette (26.4%) while girls wished to reduce th...