Nearly 25 percent of overweight women misperceive body weight
Monday, November 22, 2010 - 17:30
in Psychology & Sociology
A startling number of overweight and normal weight women of reproductive age inaccurately perceive their body weight, affecting their weight-related behaviors and making many vulnerable to cardiovascular and other obesity-related diseases, according to new research from the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) at Galveston.