Does perception equal reality? Weight misperception in relation to weight-related attitudes and behaviors among overweight and obese US adults.

Jones et al., for example, found that adults with class II obesity (BMI = 35.0-39.9) who had inaccurate weight perceptions had less weight concern, less distress regarding overeating, less distress regarding control overeating, less emotional overeating, less eating disinhibition as well as exhibited a nonsignificant trend toward less time spent dieting [ 28 ].

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