Perceived and ideal body image in young women in South Western Saudi Arabia

Khalaf, Atika,1973-Högskolan Kristianstad,Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle,Forskningsmiljön PRO-CARE, Patient Reported Outcomes - Clinical Assessment Research and Education,Karolinska Institutet (author)

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Objectives. The aim of this study was to investigate perceived and ideal body image (BI) and associated factors among female university students in Saudi Arabia. Methods. This cross-sectional study included 663 university female students. Anthropometric measurements including weight, height, BMI, and BI perception (the 9-figure silhouette) were obtained. Descriptive and logistic regression analysis were conducted. Results. An agreement between actual, perceived, and ideal BI was found in 23% of the participants. Behavioral (activity levels), social (presence of obese parents and fathers’ level of education), and economic factors (households’ monthly income, number of cars in the household, and kind of residence) were positively and significantly associated with the desire to be thinner. Similarly, socioeconomic associations (number of sisters and number of cars in the household) correlated positively and significantly with the desire to be heavier. Conclusions. The whole family should rather be considered in interventions related to appearance concerns and BI discrepancies. Furthermore, campaigns targeting improvement of adolescents’ physical self-image should be a major priority of the public health sector.

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES Health Sciences hsv//eng
MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP Hälsovetenskaper hsv//swe
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES Health Sciences Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology hsv//eng
MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP Hälsovetenskaper Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi hsv//swe
adolescents
teenagers
physical self-image
body image
ideal body
weight control
diet
dissatisfaction
behaviors
objectification
perception
female
university students
young adult
Saudi Arabia
family characteristics
socioeconomic factors
Medicin/Teknik
Medicine/Technology

Westergren, AlbertHögskolan Kristianstad,Forskningsmiljön PRO-CARE, Patient Reported Outcomes - Clinical Assessment Research and Education,Avdelningen för Sjuksköterskeutbildningarna,Forskningsplattformen för Hälsa i samverkan(Swepub:hkr)wea (author)
Berggren, VanjaLund University,Lunds universitet,Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper,Medicinska fakulteten,Barns och familjers hälsa,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Department of Health Sciences,Faculty of Medicine,Child and Family Health,Lund University Research Groups (author)
Ekblom, ÖrjanGymnastik- och idrottshögskolan,Björn Ekbloms forskningsgrupp,Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan, GIH (author)
Hazzaa, A-HSaudiarabien (author)
Al-Hazzaa, Hazzaa M. (author)
Al-Hazzaa, Hazzaa M (author)
Högskolan KristianstadSektionen för hälsa och samhälle (creator_code:org_t)

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