Body-image perception and dissatisfaction: acknowledging the sociocultural factors of obesity in South Africa

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dc.date.accessioned	2016-04-01	en
dc.date.accessioned	2025-02-06T16:01:16Z
dc.date.available	2025-02-06T16:01:16Z
dc.date.issued	2016-04-01	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/9612
dc.description	HSRC Policy Brief, March	en
dc.description.abstract	The majority of underweight and overweight South Africans seem to be unaware that they are in danger, in the longer term, of ill health. They tend to misperceive their body size and they lack an understanding of the term 'normal/ healthy' body size.	en
dc.format.medium	Print	en
dc.subject	IMAGE	en
dc.subject	OBESITY	en
dc.subject	WEIGHT MANAGEMENT	en
dc.subject	SOCIO-CULTURAL PRACTICES	en
dc.subject	HEALTH	en
dc.title	Body-image perception and dissatisfaction: acknowledging the sociocultural factors of obesity in South Africa	en
dc.type	Policy brief	en
dc.ProjectNumber	XKAHAA	en
dc.BudgetYear	2015/16	en
dc.ResearchGroup	Population Health, Health Systems and Innovation	en
dc.ArchiveNumber	9175	en
dc.URL	https://datafiles.hsrc.ac.za/eRKC%20-%20Electronic%20%20Copies%20of%20Research%20Outputs/Policy%20Briefs/9175/9175.pdf?ga=1	en
dc.outputnumber	7977	en
dc.bibliographictitle	Mchiza, Z.J., Labadarios, D., Parker, W. & Bikitsha, N. (2016) Body-image perception and dissatisfaction: acknowledging the sociocultural factors of obesity in South Africa. (HSRC Policy Brief, March). http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/9612 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/9612 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/9612	en
dc.publicationyear	2016	en
dc.contributor.author1	Mchiza, Z.J.	en
dc.contributor.author2	Labadarios, D.	en
dc.contributor.author3	Parker, W.	en
dc.contributor.author4	Bikitsha, N.	en