The Journal of Health Design (Jul 2018)

Who knows what ‘healthy weight’ looks like?

  • Rowan Flanagan,
  • Daniel Waugh,
  • Xingqiong Meng,
  • Epi Kanjo,
  • Catherine Krejany

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 2

Abstract

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This study aimed to explore whether the general population can identify a healthy BMI and accurately perceive their own BMI using a visual scale. Overweight people were much less likely to identify their own BMI correctly and were also most likely to incorrectly think that they are a healthy size.