… Our results regarding weight misperception are similar to those seen in studies from both
developed and developing countries. High proportions of misperception regarding weight in …

… considerably, and the misperception of their weight status could reduce the … study was to
evaluate the prevalence rate of misperception and to assess the relationship between weight …

… This study explored the relationship between distortion of weight misperception patterns
and … This study defined the different cases between actual body type on BMI and subjective …

… overestimation and the “Traditional Brazilian” dietary pattern in this study corroborates the
hypothesis that weight misperception may be related to poor eating habits in adolescents, as …

… There was no significant association noted between respondents’ gender, ethnicity,
monthly income, and educational level with regard to body weight misperceptions in this study. …

… We hypothesized that misperception of overweight in normal weight adolescents would be
… We hypothesized that misperception of overweight in normal weight adolescents would be …

… The weight misperception rate in our study was slightly higher than those reported among
young adults in Pakistan (42.4%) [32], Mexico (36.9%) [33], Ghana (20.6%) [34], and among …

… the cross-sectional associations between weight misperception and engagement in
weight-related health behaviors, specifically related to dietary intake, physical activity, and sleep. …

… Our study examined weight misperception which is distinct … weight misperception is focused
on lack of recognition of where one’s body is; however, it is unclear if weight misperception …

… is associated with weight misperception in many populations [8, 11]. In our study, education
… and we did not find any association between weight misperception and level of education. …