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Trends in Adolescent Overweight Perception and Its Association With Psychosomatic Health 2002–2014: Evidence From 33 Countries

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Adolescent Health, November 2016
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Title
Trends in Adolescent Overweight Perception and Its Association With Psychosomatic Health 2002–2014: Evidence From 33 Countries
Published in
Journal of Adolescent Health, November 2016
DOI 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2016.09.029
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Ross Whitehead, Christina Berg, Alina Cosma, Inese Gobina, Eimear Keane, Fergus Neville, Kristiina Ojala, Colette Kelly

Abstract

Perceiving oneself as overweight is common and strongly associated with adolescents' subjective well-being. The prevalence of overweight perceptions and their impact on well-being may have increased over the past decade due to an increase in the salience of weight-related issues. This study examines trends (2002-2014) in the prevalence of adolescent overweight perceptions and their association with psychosomatic complaints. Data from 15-year-old adolescents were obtained between 2002 and 2014 in four rounds of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study in 33 countries in Europe and North America (N = 187,511). Design-adjusted logistic regressions were used to quantify changes in overweight perceptions over time. Linear modeling was used to assess change in the association between perceived overweight and self-reported psychosomatic complaint burden, adjusting for overweight status. Among boys, 10 of 33 countries saw an increase in overweight perceptions between 2002 and 2014, with Russia, Estonia, and Latvia showing the most pronounced year-on-year increases. Only England, France, Germany, and Norway saw an increase in the positive association between overweight perceptions and psychosomatic complaints among boys. Among girls, most countries (28/33) saw no change in the prevalence of overweight perceptions, with the prevalence over 40% in most nations. However, in 12 countries, the association between overweight perceptions and psychosomatic complaints increased among girls, with particularly strong changes seen in Scotland and Norway. Evidence is presented which suggests that for adolescent girls in 12 Northern and Western European countries and for boys in four perceiving oneself as overweight may be increasingly deleterious for psychosomatic health.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 79 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 14 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 10%
Researcher 7 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 6%
Student > Bachelor 4 5%
Other 12 15%
Unknown 29 37%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 14 18%
Nursing and Health Professions 8 10%
Psychology 7 9%
Social Sciences 7 9%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 3%
Other 8 10%
Unknown 33 42%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 21. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 December 2023.
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#1,789,055
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Outputs from Journal of Adolescent Health
#853
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#34,704
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Outputs of similar age from Journal of Adolescent Health
#15
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