학술논문
BMI and body dissatisfaction values in Japanese male and female university students —Difference in body images according to shilhouette chart— / 大学生男女のBMIと体型不満
Document Type
Journal Article
Author
Aiko TSUSHIMA; Ayumi KUNIMOTO; Daisuke TUTIOKA; Haruko SAKO; Hiroko KAMIMURA; Hiroshi OKAMOTO; Hisao SUZUKI; Kanzou OKAZAKI; Katsuhiro AMALEO; Kazunori SAGAWA; Kouichi NARIYAMA; Kyosuke HAYASHI; Masaru KAGA; Mayu DOI; Mitsuhiko TOJO; Mutsumi MATSUEDA; Nobuko ISHII; Sakiya YAMASAKI; Shigeshi KIKUNAGA; Takahito TAGO; Takashi FUKUDA; Takatsune TSUMIYAMA; Toshio OGURA; Yukari MIMURA; Yukinori SHINTAKU; Yumiko INOUE; 三村 由香里; 上村 弘子; 井上 裕美子; 佐川 和則; 加賀 勝; 國本 あゆみ; 土井 真由; 土岡 大介; 天野 勝弘; 小倉 俊郎; 山崎 先也; 岡崎 勘造; 岡本 啓; 成山 公一; 新宅 幸憲; 東條 光彦; 松枝 睦美; 林 恭輔; 津島 愛子; 田子 孝仁; 石井 信子; 福田 隆; 積山 敬経; 菊永 茂司; 酒向 治子; 鈴木 久雄
Source
日本健康教育学会誌 / Japanese Journal of Health Education and Promotion. 2017, 25(2):74
Subject
Language
Japanese
ISSN
1340-2560
1884-5053
1884-5053
Abstract
Objective: We conducted this study to examine the relationships among five ranges of BMI and two types of body dissatisfaction in male and female university students in Japan.Method: We performed a cross sectional study using body composition measurement and questionnaire on body images among Japanese students (4,118 men and 2,677 women), 18 to 22 years old from 14 universities.Results: The significant difference was detected in all five BMI ranges of female students between the degree of ideal dissatisfaction (ideal shape - current shape) and healthy dissatisfaction (healthy shape - current shape) (p<0.001). Among men, however, such a significant difference was not found. In addition, the significant difference was not found in the choice of an attractive man between men and women. Conversely, the average silhouette value of the attractive female shape for men was 4.65, and the silhouette value of the attractive female shape for men from the viewpoint of women was 3.97. The female students showed significantly lower body image score than male students (t=25.08, p<0.001, d=0.70).Conclusion: For female college students, a healthy looking shape was a more plump woman than an ideal shape. As for the attractive shape of men, the difference was not detected between the views from both male and female students. However, for that of women, a slim woman was considered more attractive.