OBJECTIVE Accurate perceptions of weight status are important motivational triggers for weight loss among overweight or obese individuals, yet weight misperception is prevalent. To identify and characterize individuals holding misperceptions around their weight status, it may be informative for clinicians to assess self-reported body mass index (BMI) classification (ie, underweight, normal, ove...

BACKGROUND Unlike other psychological correlates of weight status, emotional eating (EmE) has received relatively limited attention in the literature. OBJECTIVES We aimed to examine the association between the EmE score and weight status and the influence of sex and dieting on this association. DESIGN A total of 8580 men and 27,061 women aged ≥18 y who participated in the NutriNet-Santé coh...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Regular aerobic and muscle-strengthening physical activity in youth has been positively associated with health and may help prevent obesity. The purpose of this study is to provide reference values on 4 core, upper, and lower body measures of muscle strength among US children and adolescents and to investigate the association between these measures of strength and weig...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the notion of indicated prevention-helping overweight or obese youth attain non-overweight status to prevent adult obesity-by examining weight-for-height changes needed to normalize weight status in youth who are growing. DESIGN We determined the amount of weight-for-height change necessary for overweight or obese youth to achieve non-overweight status using linear mi...