Morán-Álvarez IC, Alvear-Galindo MG, Yamamoto-Kimura LT, Acuña-Sánchez ME, Torres-Durán PV, Juárez-Oropeza MA, Ferreira-Hermosillo A

Language: Spanish
References: 8
Page: 82-85
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ABSTRACT

Objective: To know the self-perception and body dissatisfaction in school and comparing it in with the body mass index in children from first and second year of a public school.
Material and methods: A questionnaire designed to determine the degree of satisfaction of a person body (Body Attitude Test), applied to schoolchildren who were somatometric measurements were made to find out your body mass index, according to the known standards.
Results: Measurements were made in 75 children: 44 women and 31 men according to the BMI recital 9 (12%) children with low birth weight, 34 (45.3%) with normal weight. 16 (21.3%) are overweight and 16 (21.3%) with obesity, while by perception, 42 (56%) children are perceived low-weight, 9 (12%) normal, 19 (26%) children with overweight and 1.3% as obese. The highest correlation was in the felt thin and were thin, 41 (54.6%) children had an inadequate perception of your body and 33.73% ± 15% had body dissatisfaction: 27 (36.0%) wanted to change something about your body and 14 (18.7%) said they have felt rejected by your body.

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