Abstract
Summary What is already known about this topic? Both lean and obese women carry a risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes. Correct self-perception of body weight status is necessary for optimal weight control. What is added by this report? Data from the Nutrition and Chronic Disease Surveillance of Chinese Residents in 2015 were used in this study. The weight status and self-perception of weight among women of childbearing age in China were analyzed to provide basic data for improving the nutritional health of women of childbearing age. What are the implications for public health practice? Around 45% of women of childbearing age misperceive their body weight status. Future actions to improve body weight perception in women of childbearing age are necessary to increase the impact of public health campaigns focusing on a healthy body weight.
Highlights
We calculated body mass index (BMI) from measured weight and height, and the women were categorized into 4 groups according to their BMI as follows: Underweight: BMI
There are some differences in body shape judgment of underweight, normal, overweight and obese. This is a cross-sectional study, this research couldn’t track the impact of weight cognition on individual weight control and other health outcomes. Both lean and obese women carry a risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes
Our study showed a low agreement between self-perception of body weight status and objectively measured body weight status in women of childbearing age in China
Summary
Weight Status and Self-Perception of Weight Among Women of Childbearing Age — China, 2015. Correct self-perception of body weight status is necessary for optimal weight control. Future actions to improve body weight perception in women of childbearing age are necessary to increase the impact of public health campaigns focusing on a healthy body weight. We aimed to analyze the weight status and self-perception of weight among women of childbearing age in China. We calculated BMI from measured weight and height, and the women were categorized into 4 groups according to their BMI as follows (according to the Criteria of Weight for Adults of the health industry standard of China, WS/T 428–2013): Underweight: BMI
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