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Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 36, No. 7, 415-418 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/000992289703600707
© 1997 SAGE Publications

Bodyfat Analysis and Perception of Body Image

Barbara A. Sisson, MD

Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville, KY; Children and Youth Project, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292

Sofia M. Franco, MD

Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville, KY

Wendy M. Carlin, MS, RD, LD

Department of Children and Youth Project, University of Louisville, KY

Charlene K. Mitchell, MD

Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville, KY; Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, KY

Obesity is a common nutritional problem among children. Using the Futrex 5000A method of bodyfat measurement, this prospective study determined the percentage bodyfat in a self-selected, indigent, predominantly black population and the accuracy of perceived body image. Bodyfat exceeded the optimal range in 39% and 67% of female and male children, respectively. Females tended to view themselves as fatter and males perceived themselves as thinner than their actual composition. Parents were more accurate in their perception of obesity in their daughters (88%) than in their sons (52%). Children did not recognize the importance of exercise in preventing obesity. Bodyfat measurement and counseling should be done at an early age to improve this remarkable lack of perception about obesity.


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