![]() Given the influence of the ‘Western’ lifestyle, obesity-related body image disorders are emerging in African populations, as observed in South Africa and Nigeria. Recent studies have shown that disordered dietary behaviors and poor perception of fatness are associated, in urban African adolescents and young adults living in Africa and African diaspora. This could result in body image disturbances and eating disorders in populations traditionally less acquainted with body image disorders related to ‘Western’ contexts. ![]() The validation protocol showed good validity and reliability for evaluating body shape perceptions and dissatisfaction of Africans.īody weight perceptions can be driven by body size norms portrayed in advertising, especially with the globalisation of contemporary consumer society. The BOSHAS is the first sex-specific scale of real African models photographed in face and profile, including large body shape variability. CBS was correlated with BMI, and different BOSHAS indices were consistent with declarations obtained by questionnaire. Test-retest reliability was also consistent in estimating Current Body Shape (CBS), Desired Body Shape and Ideal Body Shape for participants and their partners. Most participants were able to repeat their BOSHAS preference order. The BOSHAS includes two sex-specific subscales of 10 photographs each. musculature) was also administered ( n = 597 aged 36.7 ± 15.6 years) to assess its convergent validity. In addition, a questionnaire measuring different aspects of body shape (e.g. To validate the BOSHAS, the scale was administered twice (2 weeks apart) to 106 participants (aged 31.2 ± 12.6 years) to assess its reliability. Subjects were selected to cover a wide variability in body shape and were photographed in full face and profile positions. To develop the BOSHAS, anthropometric measures of 80 Cameroonians and 81 Senegalese (both sexes included 40.1% females overall) were taken for three body shape criteria: somatotype components, body mass index (BMI) and waist-to-hip ratio. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate the Body Shape Scale (BOSHAS) to evaluate body shape perceptions related body image disorders in African populations. However, the existing body image assessment scales lack sufficient accuracy and validity testing to compare body shape perception across different African populations. It is therefore important to accurately assess perceptions of body shape. As a consequence of ‘Western’ acculturation, eating disorders and body image disturbances, such as fatness phobia and body dysmorphic disorders towards musculature and body shape, are emerging in Africa, with young people the most affected.
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