Objective: Weight-based teasing is a form of weight-based stigmatization that is especially
prevalent in middle childhood, and is associated with undesired health outcomes, including …

Thin and muscular have been characterized as ideals for women and men, respectively.
Little research has investigated whether men and women have accurate perceptions of …

Abstract Background and aims Figure Rating Scales (FRS) are psychometric instruments
developed to measure individual's perception of physical appearance and subsequently, to …

Objective: To investigate associations between weight status and body size perception in
children in the UK. Design: Cross-sectional survey. Setting: School-based sample in the UK …

Objective Eating pathology is a salient issue in India, with clinical features reported among
adults and adolescents. However, there are currently no validated measures of disordered …

In April 2013, the NCSE commissioned a study to explore the experiences and outcomes of
children with special educational needs using data collected from nine-year-old children …

Aim:(i) To determine the ability of general practitioners (GPs) and paediatricians to correctly
identify children as overweight or obese by visual cues alone;(ii) to describe the current …

While the prevalence of overweight and obesity is higher among children of some non-
Western ethnic minorities than among their Caucasian counterparts, their body image is …

This study examined body representation as it relates to the physical, mental, and social
qualities of major characters (N= 323) within Disney animated films released from 1937 to …

A autoavaliação da imagem corporal é uma construção multidimensional por meio da qual
os indivíduos descrevem as representações internas da estrutura corporal e da aparência …