Open AccessBody image perception and attempts to change weight among female medical students at Mangalore
Author(s) -
D Priya,
K. S. Prasanna,
Sree T. Sucharitha,
Nafisa C Vaz
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.66886
Subject(s) - underweight , overweight , body mass index , perception , medicine , normal weight , visual analogue scale , psychology , demography , physical therapy , neuroscience , sociology
Assessing body image self-perception has used BMI as an indicator of nutritional status. The visual analogue scale is a highly effective instrument for assessing people's level of dissatisfaction with their body weight while evaluating the perceptual component of body image.