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Self-Perception and Self-Acceptance Are Related to Unhealthy Weight Control Behaviors in Catalan Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study

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  • Mercè Pollina-Pocallet

    (Bellpuig Primary Care Center, Gerència Territorial Lleida, Catalan Health Institute (ICS), Diputació, 5, 25250 Bellpuig, Lleida, Spain
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Eva Artigues-Barberà

    (Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Lleida, Carrer de Montserrat Roig, 25198 Lleida, Spain
    Catalan Health Institute (ICS), Primary Care Lleida, Rambla Ferran, 44, 25007 Lleida, Spain
    Research Support Unit Lleida, Fundació Institut Universitari per a la Recerca a l’Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol), Rambla Ferran, 44, 25007 Lleida, Spain
    Research Group in Therapies in Primary Care (GRETAPS), Rambla Ferran, 44, 25007 Lleida, Spain)

  • Glòria Tort-Nasarre

    (Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Lleida, Carrer de Montserrat Roig, 25198 Lleida, Spain
    Health Education Research Group (GREpS), Faculty of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Lleida, Carrer de Montserrat Roig, 25198 Lleida, Spain
    Calaf Primary Care Center, Gerència Territorial Catalunya Central, Catalan Health Institute (ICS), Cta. Llarga 19, 08280 Calaf, Barcelona, Spain)

  • Joaquim Sol

    (Catalan Health Institute (ICS), Primary Care Lleida, Rambla Ferran, 44, 25007 Lleida, Spain
    Research Support Unit Lleida, Fundació Institut Universitari per a la Recerca a l’Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol), Rambla Ferran, 44, 25007 Lleida, Spain
    Metabolic Physiopathology Group, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Lleida-IRBLleida, Avinguda Alcalde Rovira Roure, 80, 25198 Lleida, Spain)

  • Laura Azlor

    (Research Support Unit Lleida, Fundació Institut Universitari per a la Recerca a l’Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol), Rambla Ferran, 44, 25007 Lleida, Spain)

  • Quintí Foguet-Boreu

    (Central Research Unit, Fundació Institut Universitari per a la Recerca a l’Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol), Gran Via Corts Catalanes, 587, àtic, 08007 Barcelona, Spain
    Department of Psychiatry, Vic University Hospital, Francesc Pla el Vigatà, 1, 08500 Vic (Barcelona), Spain
    Faculty of Medicine, University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC), 08500 Vic (Barcelona), Catalonia, Spain)

  • Marta Ortega-Bravo

    (Catalan Health Institute (ICS), Primary Care Lleida, Rambla Ferran, 44, 25007 Lleida, Spain
    Research Support Unit Lleida, Fundació Institut Universitari per a la Recerca a l’Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol), Rambla Ferran, 44, 25007 Lleida, Spain
    Research Group in Therapies in Primary Care (GRETAPS), Rambla Ferran, 44, 25007 Lleida, Spain
    Faculty of Medicine, University of Lleida, Carrer de Montserrat Roig, 225198 Lleida, Spain)

Abstract

Adolescence is associated with a higher vulnerability that may result in a high dissatisfaction, the practice of unhealthy weight-control behaviors (UWCB) and, eventually, the onset of body image-related mental disorders. These factors are strongly associated with the social context, so it is important to characterize them in local or regional studies. To assess the relationship between body image and UWCB presence, a cross-sectional study was performed among 2496 schooled adolescents from Lleida (Spain) between 2017 and 2019. Their perceived and desired images were evaluated and compared with the real image in order to obtain the body distortion and the body dissatisfaction and relate them with UWCB. The studied individuals perceived themselves thinner than they actually were, with no differences between males and females. However, differences were found regarding body dissatisfaction, showing that females desired to be thinner, while males desired a more corpulent body image. Furthermore, one out of ten individuals reported UWCB, with higher prevalence among females. UWCB was associated with a desire to be thinner and with distorted body images. It is essential to work on self-perception and self-acceptance in early adolescence from an interdisciplinary perspective at educational, social and health levels to promote health in adolescence.

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  • Mercè Pollina-Pocallet & Eva Artigues-Barberà & Glòria Tort-Nasarre & Joaquim Sol & Laura Azlor & Quintí Foguet-Boreu & Marta Ortega-Bravo, 2021. "Self-Perception and Self-Acceptance Are Related to Unhealthy Weight Control Behaviors in Catalan Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(9), pages 1-13, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:9:p:4976-:d:550277
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    1. Glòria Tort-Nasarre & Mercè Pollina Pocallet & Eva Artigues-Barberà, 2021. "The Meaning and Factors That Influence the Concept of Body Image: Systematic Review and Meta-Ethnography from the Perspectives of Adolescents," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(3), pages 1-16, January.
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