Moscow University
Anthropology
Bulletin
Anthropology
Bulletin
1) Department of Genetics, Physical Anthropology and Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Spain; 2) Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Cagliari, Monserrato (Cagliari), Italy
Ibáñez María Eugenia, e-mail: me-ibanez@hotmail.com.
The aim of this study was to evaluate body composition variations among different states of body image satisfaction and dissatisfaction. The sample was composed of 932 individuals from the Basque Country, Spain (306 men, 626 women aged 18–30). Williamson silhouettes collection (2000) was used to assess satisfaction degree. Four anthropometric measures (height, arm, waist and calf circumferences) and two bioelectrical measurements (resistance and reactance; 50 kHz) were taken. Specific Bioelectrical Impedance Vector Analysis (spBIVA) was used to evaluate body composition. Bioelectrical values were projected on the specific tolerance ellipses from an Italo-Spanish reference population. Comparison between groups was performed using Hotelling’s T2 and Student’s t-tests. In men, the specific bioelectrical vector mean of the group with moderate dissatisfaction by excess was situated in the right quadrant of the ellipses (indicative of low cell mass) and toward the upper pole (indicative of high FM%). There were no significant differences in body composition between satisfaction and dissatisfaction by defect, and these groups are located near the median value of the ellipsis. In women, the specific vectors of groups with severe and moderate dissatisfaction by excess were in the left quadrant (indicative of high cell mass) and toward the upper pole. The group corresponding to body image satisfaction was in the lower left quadrant, which indicates a tendency to low FM%. The group with a slight dissatisfaction by defect was characterized by a smaller phase angle, indicative of less cell mass. There is a trend toward increasing FM% with increasing dissatisfaction by excess. Men and women differ in body composition characteristics associated to their body image satisfaction, women being more satisfied with a lower FM%. Body image dissatisfaction by excess tends to be related to FM% excess in men, while in women it seems to be more related to cell mass excess.
Specific BIVA; Body Composition; Body Image Satisfaction; Fat Mass Percentage
Цит.: Ibáñez María Eugenia, Buffa Roberto, Mereu Elena, Marini Elisabetta, Rebato Esther CORPORAL IMAGE SATISFACTION IN RELATION TO BODY COMPOSITION IN A YOUNG POPULATION FROM THE BASQUE COUNTRY (SPAIN) // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2014; 3/2014; с. 29-29
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