title: Weight Perception, Satisfaction, Control, and Low Energy Dietary Reporting in the U.S. Adult Population: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007-2012.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Prior research has indicated that several factors are associated with low energy dietary reporting; however, there is comparatively little information on the association between body image, weight control, and low energy reporting.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Our aim was to evaluate the association between low energy reporting and aspects of weight perception, satisfaction, and control in a nationally representative US adult sample.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a cross-sectional study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were analyzed from 13,581 adults aged 20 years and older who participated in the 2007-2012 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Data on sociodemographic, clinical, and lifestyle characteristics, and weight perception, satisfaction, and control were collected. The ratio of reported energy intake to estimated basal metabolic rate (EI/BMR) was calculated and used for the assessment of low energy reporting.
  
  
  METHODS
  The relationship of low energy reporting with various aspects of weight perception, satisfaction, and control was evaluated.
  
  
  METHODS
  Multivariable logistic regression was used to assess the association between the variables.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Low energy reporters were significantly more likely to consider themselves overweight (perception), want to weigh less (satisfaction), and to have tried to lose weight in the past 12 months (control). Compared with having no desire for weight change, wanting to weigh less was associated with 1.28 (95% CI 1.07 to 1.53) times higher odds for low energy reporting. Trying to lose weight was also associated with low energy reporting (odds ratio=1.56; 95% CI 1.38 to 1.76). Effect modification by obesity status was observed for the weight perception, satisfaction, and control variables where the odds ratios of these factors for low energy reporting were higher among those who were not obese.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Weight perception, satisfaction, and control are related to low energy reporting, and should be taken into account in nutritional assessments. In addition, the effect of these factors can differ by obesity status.
authors.forename: Stefanos
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tyrovolas
authors.forename: Ai
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koyanagi
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stickley
authors.forename: Josep Maria
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Haro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001481:Basal Metabolism; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D057566:Self Report; D014481:United States; D015431:Weight Loss
keywords: Dietary assessment; Low energy reporting; Misreporting; National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES); Self-perceived weight status