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标题：Body weight concern among female university students in five Arab countries – a preliminary cross-cultural study
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作者：Abdulrahman Musaiger
期刊名称：Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
印刷版ISSN：1232-1966
电子版ISSN：1898-2263
出版年度：2015
卷号：22
期号：2
页码：349-352
DOI：10.5604/12321966.1152093
出版社：Institute of Agricultural Medicine in Lublin
摘要：Objective. The aim of this study was to explore some body weight concerns among females at university in five Arabcountries.Methods. The sample comprised 1,134 females aged 17–32 from universities in five Arab countries: Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan,Oman and Syria. A pretested questionnaire was used to determine the aspects of body weight concern.Results. Approximately 32% – 39% of females were dissatisfied with their weight, 17% – 31% wanted their body shape tobe similar to Western fashion models, and 5% – 16% believed that men preferred plump women. Of the females, 22–37%had dieted to lose weight during the six months prior to the study, and 8–15% performed exercises to improve body shapemost of the time. The differences in body weight concerns were statistically significant between countries.Conclusions. Body weight concern is relatively highly prevalent among young Arab women; however the prevalence variedbetween countries, mainly due to differences in socio-cultural background between countries
关键词：Arab; body perception; dieting; slimming; physical activity; university students