@article{iiasa13404,
          volume = {36},
          number = {3},
           month = {March},
           title = {The Attractive Female Body Weight and Female Body Dissatisfaction in 26 Countries Across 10 World Regions: Results of the International Body Project I},
         journal = {Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin},
             doi = {10.1177/0146167209359702},
           pages = {309--325},
            year = {2010},
        keywords = {Attractiveness; Body dissatisfaction; Body weight; Cross-cultural; International Body Project; Socioeconomic differences},
             url = {https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/13404/},
            issn = {0146-1672},
        abstract = {This study reports results from the first International Body Project (IBP-I), which surveyed 7,434 individuals in 10 major world regions about body weight ideals and body dissatisfaction. Participants completed the female Contour Drawing Figure Rating Scale (CDFRS) and self-reported their exposure to Western and local media. Results indicated there were significant cross-regional differences in the ideal female figure and body dissatisfaction, but effect sizes were small across high-socioeconomic-status (SES) sites. Within cultures, heavier bodies were preferred in low-SES sites compared to high-SES sites in Malaysia and South Africa (ds = 1.94-2.49) but not in Austria. Participant age, body mass index (BMI), and Western media exposure predicted body weight ideals. BMI and Western media exposure predicted body dissatisfaction among women. Our results show that body dissatisfaction and desire for thinness is commonplace in high-SES settings across world regions, highlighting the need for international attention to this problem.},
          author = {Viren, S. and Frederick, D. A. and Aavik, T. and Alcalay, L. and Allik, J. and Anderson, D. and Andrianto, S. and Arvind, A. and Br{\"a}nnstr{\"o}m, {\AA}. and Cunningham, J. and Danel, D. and Doroszewicz, K. and Forbes, G. B. and Furnham, A. and Greven, C. U. and Halberstadt, J. and Hao, S. and Haubner, T. and Hwang, C. S. and Inman, M. and Jaafar, J. L. and Johannsson, J. and Jung, J. and Keser, A. and Kretzschmar, U. and Lachenicht, L. and Li, N. P. and Locke, K. and Lonnqvist, J.-E. and Lopex, C. and Loutzenhiser, L. and Maisel, N. C. and McCabe, M. P. and McCreary, D. R. and McKibbin, W. F. and Mussap, A. and Neto, F. and Nowell, C. and Alampay, L. P. and Pillai, S. K. and Pokrajac-Bulian, A. and Proyer, R. T. and Quintelier, K. and Ricciardelli, L. A. and Rozmus-Wrzesinska, M. and Ruch, W. and Russo, T. and Schutz, A. and Shackelford, T. K. and Shashidharan, S. and Simonetti, F. and Sinniah, D. and Swami, M. and Vandermassen, G. and van Duynslaeger, M. and Verkasalo, M. and Voracek, M. and Yee, C. K. and Zhang, E. X. and Zhang, X. and Zivcic-Becirevic, I.}
}