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Impact of Body Image Perception on Weight Status: A Refuelling of Non-communicable Disease in Urban South African Zulu Women: Not Just Calipers, Tapes and Scales

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  • Rynal Devanathan
  • Viveka Devanathan

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The purpose of this study was to determine Zulu women's perceptions of their body image relative to weight status attending a noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) clinic in South Africa. A cross-sectional exploratory study design was used and included 328 (91%) Zulu women who were sampled systematically. The women were subjected to anthropometric measurements and engaged the Stunkard's body image figures to determine perception. The study showed that 61% of the sample was in the 40-59 age strata. The mean body mass index (BMI) was 37 kg/m2 (±9.41 kg/m2) with over 90% being overweight or obese. A discrepancy between Zulu women's perceived body image and actual (BMI) existed in all weight status categories with overweight and obesity demonstrating the widest variations (p

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  • Rynal Devanathan & Viveka Devanathan, 2018. "Impact of Body Image Perception on Weight Status: A Refuelling of Non-communicable Disease in Urban South African Zulu Women: Not Just Calipers, Tapes and Scales," Chapters, in: Ignacio Jauregui-Lobera (ed.), Weight Loss, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:140856
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.74644
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    Keywords

    Zulu women; body image; noncommunicable diseases (NCDs); weight status;
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    • I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets

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