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BODY IMAGE DISTORTION AMONG BRAZILIAN AND PORTUGUESE WOMEN WITH CHILDREN: A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN THE ELSA-BRASIL AND GENERATION XXI COHORTS
Saúde da mulher
Coorte ELSA-Brasil
Coorte da Geração XXI
Epidemiologia
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Affilliation
Center for Psychology at University of Porto. Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences. University of Porto. Porto, Portugal / Universidade Federal da Bahia. Instituto de Saúde Coletiva. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
EPIUnit. Institute of Public Health. University of Porto. Porto, Portugal.
Universidade Federal da Bahia. Instituto de Saúde Coletiva. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
EPIUnit. Institute of Public Health. University of Porto. Porto, Portugal /Laboratory for Integrative and Translational Research in Population Health. Porto, Portugal / Department of Public Health and Forensic Sciences and Medical Education. Faculty of Medicine. University of Porto. Porto, Portugal.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Educação em Meio Ambiente e Saúde. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal da Bahia. Instituto de Saúde Coletiva. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
EPIUnit. Institute of Public Health. University of Porto. Porto, Portugal.
Universidade Federal da Bahia. Instituto de Saúde Coletiva. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
EPIUnit. Institute of Public Health. University of Porto. Porto, Portugal /Laboratory for Integrative and Translational Research in Population Health. Porto, Portugal / Department of Public Health and Forensic Sciences and Medical Education. Faculty of Medicine. University of Porto. Porto, Portugal.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Educação em Meio Ambiente e Saúde. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal da Bahia. Instituto de Saúde Coletiva. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Abstract
Solid evidence indicates that body image distortion is associated with various physical and mental health problems in women (e.g. Lee and Lee, 2016; Molbert et al., 2017; Raj and Ploriya, 2020; Sagar, 2005; Shin et al., 2015). Furthermore, body image has been shown to vary according to life context and stage, particularly after a woman has had children. This scenario justifies the comparison between different countries and cultures. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence and associated factors of body image distortion/ accuracy in Brazilian and Portuguese women with children. The study assessed women selected from two epidemiological cohorts: ELSA-Brasil in Brazil (n = 1468) and Generation XXI in Portugal (n = 3380). The data analyzed were based on multidimensional questionnaires from which sociodemographic and family character istics as well as data associated with lifestyle and health were obtained. The results show that most women in both cohorts had an accurate perception of their own body size. In cases of distorted self-perception, the like lihood of the Brazilian women perceiving themselves as being heavier was greater if they had had cancer, whereas the Portuguese women were less likely to perceive themselves as heavier when they had less schooling. Perceiving themselves as thinner than they actually are, was associated with poorer self-perception of their own state of health in the Brazilian women and with poorer schooling in both the Brazilian and Portuguese women. The present findings contribute towards improving understanding of the influence of body image distortion on the health and wellbeing of Brazilian and Portuguese women, possibly leading to the implementation of health promoting policies in both countries.
Keywords in Portuguese
Imagem corporalSaúde da mulher
Coorte ELSA-Brasil
Coorte da Geração XXI
Epidemiologia
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