Overweight and obese midlife women in Israel: cultural differences in perceived weight status

Roni Elran-Barak (), Tzvia Blumstein, Valentina Boyko, Dana Hadar, Adel Farhi, Liat Lerner-Geva and Yael Benyamini

International Journal of Public Health, 2016, vol. 61, issue 1, 39-47

Abstract: Health care providers are encouraged to pay attention to overweight/obese women who misperceive their weight status. These women are more likely to consume unhealthy foods and to be at higher risks of suffering from medical complications associated with obesity. Copyright Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+) 2016

Keywords: Weight misperception; Obesity; Midlife; Ethnicity; Culture; Weight loss (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-015-0753-0

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