The present study analyzes the relationship between body image satisfaction and distortion with the body mass index (BMI). Participants were 540 students from different schools of middle and higher level from Monterrey, Mexico; age ranked from 16 to 25 years. The anthropometric data (weight, height, BMI) were evaluated and later the participants completed the Figure Rating Scale, where they reported the self-perception of their current body image and their ideal body image. The results show difference between the real and ideal body image, and between the real body image and the BMI group. It also reveals that the higher the BMI the greater distortion in the body image, moreover women show the greatest dissatisfaction with their body image....
Background: Usually the correlation between BMI and body image is estimated but the correlation u...
Introduction: The current beauty standard is associated with thinness, a situation that alters the b...
Body image is a multidimensional, dynamic and socially influenced construct. The aim of this researc...
In Mexico, the problem of obesity is influenced by factors such as culture as well as cognitive and ...
Abstract: The imposition of the a esthetic model in today's societies, excessively thin in women and...
Body image perception was measured in 83 young girls using a visual size apparatus. Those sample was...
Currently thinness is the ideal body (IB) while in western societies obesity has reached levels neve...
The corporal image is the mental representation of the body that each individual builds. The dissati...
This study has measured the difference between self-reported weight and height for the determination...
“How do I perceive myself and how I would like to be”: A study on the body image of Mexican adolesce...
“How do I perceive myself and how I would like to be”: A study on the body image of Mexican adolesce...
Concordance of the body mass index and the perception of body image in adolescents in Yucatán Introd...
The purpose of this study involved assessing the predictive capacity of the body mass index (BMI), b...
Introduction: The current beauty standard is associated with thinness, a situation that alters the b...
El objetivo de este trabajo fue detectar posibles alteraciones de la conducta alimentaria en univers...
Background: Usually the correlation between BMI and body image is estimated but the correlation u...
Introduction: The current beauty standard is associated with thinness, a situation that alters the b...
Body image is a multidimensional, dynamic and socially influenced construct. The aim of this researc...
In Mexico, the problem of obesity is influenced by factors such as culture as well as cognitive and ...
Abstract: The imposition of the a esthetic model in today's societies, excessively thin in women and...
Body image perception was measured in 83 young girls using a visual size apparatus. Those sample was...
Currently thinness is the ideal body (IB) while in western societies obesity has reached levels neve...
The corporal image is the mental representation of the body that each individual builds. The dissati...
This study has measured the difference between self-reported weight and height for the determination...
“How do I perceive myself and how I would like to be”: A study on the body image of Mexican adolesce...
“How do I perceive myself and how I would like to be”: A study on the body image of Mexican adolesce...
Concordance of the body mass index and the perception of body image in adolescents in Yucatán Introd...
The purpose of this study involved assessing the predictive capacity of the body mass index (BMI), b...
Introduction: The current beauty standard is associated with thinness, a situation that alters the b...
El objetivo de este trabajo fue detectar posibles alteraciones de la conducta alimentaria en univers...
Background: Usually the correlation between BMI and body image is estimated but the correlation u...
Introduction: The current beauty standard is associated with thinness, a situation that alters the b...
Body image is a multidimensional, dynamic and socially influenced construct. The aim of this researc...