OBJECTIVES: To examine associations between weight misperception and youth health risk and protective factors. METHODS: Three thousand ten US seventh-graders (72.1% white, mean age: 12.7 years) self-reported height, weight, risk, and protective factors. Analyses were conducted to determine cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between weight overestimation and health risk and protective factors. RESULTS: Risk and protective factors had significant cross-sectional associations with weight overestimation. However, only depressive symptoms and reduced optimism predicted weight overestimation in eighth grade. Weight overestimation did not predict engagement in risky behaviors. CONCLUSIONS: Weight overestimation and risk factors appear to co-occur, suggesting a constellation of risk that warrants further research.
OBJECTIVES: To examine associations between weight misperception and youth health risk and protective factors. METHODS: Three thousand ten US seventh-graders (72.1% white, mean age: 12.7 years) self-reported height, weight, risk, and protective factors. Analyses were conducted to determine cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between weight overestimation and health risk and protective factors. RESULTS: Risk and protective factors had significant cross-sectional associations with weight overestimation. However, only depressive symptoms and reduced optimism predicted weight overestimation in eighth grade. Weight overestimation did not predict engagement in risky behaviors. CONCLUSIONS: Weight overestimation and risk factors appear to co-occur, suggesting a constellation of risk that warrants further research.
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