• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.160-166
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• 2020

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: The obese population is rapidly increasing because of reduced physical activity and a Westernized diet; consequently, various chronic diseases are more prevalent. With the increasing interest in body shape and appearance, research on body shape perceptions and accompanying weight control behaviors are needed for healthy weight management. SUBJECTS/METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted on randomly selected 536 (209 men and 327 women) aged 20 to 65 years. Body mass index (BMI), body-shape perception, weight control behavior, quality of sleep, and place of residence were collected using self-reported questionnaires. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was conducted using complex design in each groups. Collected data were analyzed using the SAS 9.4 statistical package, and the significance level was set at P < 0.05. RESULTS: When these two variables were divided into four groups, they were found to influence dieting attempts. People with abnormal weights who were dissatisfied with their body shapes attempted dieting 5.23 times more than those with healthy weights and satisfaction with their body shapes. Further, those with normal weights but dissatisfaction with their bodies attempted dieting 4.45 times more than those who were satisfied with their shapes. Subjects in their 20s attempted dieting 2.53 times more than those in their 30s and 40s, and female subjects attempted dieting 2.24 times more than male subjects. CONCLUSIONS: A correct perception of one's shape can be an important factor for dietary behavior, as body shape perceptions and dieting attempts are strongly related. Additionally, healthy weight management and nutrition education are important elements to incorporate into a weight control program aimed at preventing excessive weight control behaviors and promoting correct perceptions of body shape.

• 한국학교보건학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.243-262
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• 1999

Today, obesity is not recognized as a disease itself but is known to be the indirect cause of much chronic illness. Obesity has an impact on psychological disorders including severe inferiority, damage of body self-image, low self-esteem, personality disorders. The results in an increase of the mortality rate. Therefore, this study attempts to discover and evaluate stressful experience in obese teenagers. For this study, 21 girl students and 19 boy students in Pusan middle or high school located were selected. The data were collected from March to May at 1999. A tape-recorder was used under the permission of the subjects to prevent the loss of spoken information and communication. This study consisted of 563 reponses from girls and 461 responses from boys which were then classified with descriptive expressions and priority classifications. The results generated 72 common elements in girls and 54 common elements in boys. From these elements 24 syntheses of hypothetical definitions and 8 identifications of the structural definitions in both girls and boys were developed. The structural and hypothetical definitions were as follows: The analysis of the data was made through a phenomenological analytic method suggested by Van kamm, which is as follows: 1. Maladjustment to school life; lack of understanding of the teacher, insufficient exercise ability, and a feeling of burden in attending the school obesity program. 2. Conflict in family relationships; lack of understanding from the family, a feeling of alienation. 3. Conflict in friend relationships; lack of understanding among friends, constant comparisons in appearance and body with friends (in girls) and estrangement from friends (in boys). 4. Conflict in acquaintance of the opposite sex; hoping to meet the opposite sex, lack of understanding of boy friends (in girls), feelings of pain, feelings of anxiety (in girls) feelings of burden (in girls) feelings of envy (in boys). 5. Negative body image: shape of body; feelings of pain; feelings of powerlessness; feelings of discomfort, and reception; emotional disorders (in boys), and change of personality (in boys). 6. Health disorder: Physical and psychological discomfort. 7. Feelings of burden in weight control; negative experiences in weight control, interference with family and friends, the difficulty in diet therapy, feelings of burden in exercise (in girls), to be teased by the public through mass media (in boys).

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제11권12호
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• pp.5113-5119
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• 2010

인체측정학(Anthropometry)은 자동차, 가전제품, 의료기기 및 스포츠 용품 등 다양한 분야에서 소비자의 만족도와 사용 효율성을 최적화하기 위해 조사되고 연구되어 왔다. 하지만 아직까지 인체 측정 방식은 계측자를 이용한 직접측정 또는 스캐너나 디지털 측정기 등 고가의 장치에 의존적인 방법에서 벗어나지 못하고 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 사진으로부터 신체인식 알고리즘을 이용하여 신체사이즈를 자동으로 추출하고, 의류추천 및 자전거 피팅사이즈 서비스 등에 활용가능성을 제시한다. 이를 위해 Haar-like features와 AdaBoost 알고리즘을 이용하여 빠른 속도와 높은 정확도로 영상콘텐츠 내에서 신체 영역을 검출한다. 이후 AAM(Active Appearance Model)을 이용하여 특징점을 검출하고 도출된 측정치에 최적화된 상품을 추천하는 지능형 모듈 시스템을 구현하고 성능평가를 제시한다.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.436-446
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• 2006

본 연구는 성역할 정체성 및 성역할 불일치가 남성과 여성의 외모만족도와 자아존중감에 미치는 영향을 비교하는데 목적이 있다. 일치이론, 양성성 이론, 남성성 이론, 자아불일치 이론 등이 성역할이 외모만족도와 자아존중감에 미치는 영향의 예측을 위해 고찰되었다. 자료수집을 위해서는 서울과 수도권에 거주하는 20-40세의 남성 125명과 여성 197명이 편의표집 되었다. 공변량 구조분석으로 분석한 결과, 남성의 경우, 외모만족도와 자아존중감모두 지각된 남성성만이 영향을 미쳤다. 이에 비하여, 여성들의 경우, 외모만족도에는 지각된 여성성, 여성성 불일치, 남성성 불일치가 영향을 미쳤으며, 자아존중감에는 지각된 여성성, 지각된 남성성, 여성성 불일치, 남성성 불일치가 영향을 미쳤다. 신체질량지수는 여성 경우에만 자아존중감에 영향을 주었다. 본 연구의 곁과는 여성과 남성에 대한 사회적 기대의 차이를 반영하는 것으로, 신체이미지 카운슬러 등의 실무자들이 젊은 여성들의 자아존중감과 외모만족도를 고양하는 데 중요한 시사점이 될 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국가정과교육학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.19-38
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• 2013

본 연구는 중학생의 자아개념, 즉 일반자아, 학문자아, 중요타인자아, 정의자아개념에 따라 외모관리행동인 의복스타일추구, 화장 및 피부관리, 헤어관리, 성형 및 체형보정, 체중관리행동에 어떠한 차이가 나타나는지 살펴보고자 하였다. 특히 가정이나 학교 등의 생활 지도 현장에서 중학생의 외모관리행동은 세대 간의 의견차가 보이는 영역이므로, 이 연구를 통해 중학생의 외모관리행동을 이해할 수 있는 기초 자료를 제공하고자 하였으며, 가정교과교육을 통한 자아개념의 증진 방안을 모색하는데 기초자료를 제공하기 위해 본 연구를 시행하였다. 본 연구를 통해 얻어진 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같았다. 본 연구의 조사대상자인 중학생들은 평균적으로 자아개념이 낮아 자신을 부정적으로 인식하고 있었으며 외모관리 행동 또한 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 자신을 긍정적으로 볼 수 있는 노력과 함께 외모관리행동을 통한 자아개념의 긍정적 증진이 필요하다고 하겠다. 긍정적 자아개념을 가지고 있는 중학생들은 피부를 청결하게 유지하는 것이나 헤어를 아름답게 손질하고 가꾸는 것 등으로 자신을 나타내려하며, 옷, 신발, 가방을 잘 갖추어 입고 깨끗하게 관리함으로써 스스로의 자존감이나 개성을 표현하려고 하였다. 또한 자신을 인식할 때 공부와 학업에 대해 긍정적 태도를 보이며, 중요시되는 타인과의 관계를 원만하게 지각하고, 자신의 신체나 정서에 대해 긍정적인 태도를 보이는 중학생들은 의복에 대해 높은 관심을 가지고 자신이 추구하는 이미지를 나타내려는 행동이 높은 반면, 성형이나 체형 등 자신의 신체를 인위적으로 변경시키려는 행동은 적게 하는 것으로 나타났다. 적절한 외모관리행동은 자신을 긍정적으로 보는데 도움을 줄 수 있을 것이다.

• International Journal of Costume and Fashion
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.30-39
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• 2004

This study aims to investigate various cultural activities of the Korean youth including the subcultural and popular cultural activities and their characteristics and influences on the youth fashion during the period 1996-2004. This study employs a qualitative approach based on the previous discussions of relevant literatures dealing with Korean youth culture and their fashion styles. The result of the study shows that the most prominent characteristic in youth fashion of the period was 'bricolage.' The appearance of 'Seotaiji' and the activities of his group laid the cornerstone of youth culture in the early 1990's. The influence of postmodernism changed the conventional sexism and androgynous outfit thrived. The androgynous effect also had strong influence on men's fashion in what turned out to be Metro-Sexual in early 2004. During the period 2000-2004 the postmodernism regained its popularity both in culture and fashion. 'Body' was also an important part of youth culture and has become the most popular and prevalent word of this era. At the same time the 'Well-Being' and sports look were the new trend of youth fashion. Sports look, also known as Caports, is one of these new trends and the most important youth fashion style like mix & match reformation. The youth became more and more aware of the body image and were interested in fashion as well. This trend awareness of their body and Well-Being image as well as their inclination to the fashion in the youth is expected to continue. Therefore the fashion industry, as their marketing strategy, needs to analyze the characteristics of the cultural trends among the youth and to prepare for the future need of youth fashion.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제28권8호
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• pp.1076-1087
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• 2004

The purpose of the study is to give new aesthetic values of black dress one of the important items in contemporary women＇s fashion. Through the work, to give the new aesthetic characteristics that women really needed can be found. This study was processed by fashion books and articles, literal material with fashion photos which were related fashion trend from 1920 to the present. The results are as follows: In early 20th century, the black dress, which had simple form pursuing function like little black dress. In the middle of the 20th century, elegance and minimalism was represented by black dress, expressed erotic images together with see-through fabrics. In the end of the 20th century, body conscious style of black dress expressed sensual images of women. Modem black dress has design characteristics of the form: simple, close, exposure type and of the materials: matte, transparent and dazzling etc. Simple type emphasizes feminine elegance, while close type and exposure type disclose woman body curve to express erotic images. Matte materials made black dress express feminine elegance while transparent materials and dazzling materials made black dress express erotic and sensual beauty. The aesthetic characteristics of black dress were as followings: Sensualism expresses sexual attractiveness of women-close type and exposure type black dress and see-through materials and dazzling materials made black dress. Simplicity of extreme decoration effects are expressed through black dress having temperate and simple form. Femineity expresses traditional femineity to emphasize chaste, modest and elegant women images-the black dress, which is made of simple form, velvet and satin materials. Modernism combines black colour, which is called modem colour, with simplicity and function factors and pursues simple form. Ascetic practice controls mental and physical desire of the individuals, simple form without decoration covering up woman body and box type silhouette of black dress. Therefore, the study on image of the black dress, which have made appearance at modern fashion, is thought to help develop fashion trends and design, through which modern women express themselves and their beauty.

• 한국식생활문화학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.96-105
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• 2009

This study was conducted to identify the factors associated with weight control and nutritional knowledge of juvenile delinquents. The average heights of the subjects in this study were 172.20 cm (male) and 160.89 cm (female), and the average weights were 66.73 kg (male) and 58.42 kg (female), and the BMIs (Body Mass Index; $kg/m^2$) were 22.46 (male) and 22.54 (female). The results of this study revealed that 41.4% of the subjects were over weight or obese. In addition, there were significant differences in the BMI, satisfaction with body image and perception of body image observed between male and female subjects. Furthermore, female subjects were more experienced at weight control than male students (p<0.001). Additionally, overweight and obese individuals had more experience with weight control than subjects that were not overweight. Moreover, there were significant differences in the reason that subjects took weight control measured between male and female students. Specifically, female subjects practiced weight control due to their appearance (p<0.001). The order of methods by which male subjects attempted to control their weight was exercise>diet control>starvation and for girl student were diet control>starvation>excercise. The nutritional knowledge scores were higher for female subjects than for mele subjects. In addition, the nutritional knowledge scores increased as the BMI value increased and the $father^{\circ}{\emptyset}s$ educational level increased. These results of this study could be useful data to plan and develop nutritional education programs for juvenile delinquents.

• 복식문화연구
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.446-462
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• 2020

The objectives of this study are to explore the information source, assessment, and preferred styles of 3D virtual influencers(VI), to investigate the expected impact of advertisements with 3D VIs on brands, and to explore ways of expanding the use of 3D VIs. In-depth interviews with 40 males and females in their 20s and 30s were conducted and qualitative data were analyzed. The study results are summarized as follows. First, the information source of the 3D VI was SNS, acquaintances, and broadcasting. Second, 3D VIs were considered positively due to their attractive appearance, wide utilization, innovative use, freshness, separation from private identity, and time and cost savings, while considered negatively due to their unrealistic appearance and antipathy against replacing a person's role. Third, the preferred appearance styles of the 3D VI differed according to the level of virtuality although the majority of interviewees preferred similar looks to real people with low virtuality. Fourth, diverse image qualities such as innovative, differentiated, trendy, high-value, professional, and future-oriented were considered as transferred to the brand advertised by 3D VIs. Fifth, advertisements with 3D VIs may help build positive perceptions of advertised brands that may lead to purchase behaviors for some consumers. Lastly, to expand the use of 3D VIs, the specific advantages of virtual models should be maximized with consideration of how to implement a variety of body types and images of models. Findings present an important foundation to generate strategies to better apply 3D VIs to the fashion market.

• Journal of Community Nutrition
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.77-86
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• 2001

The purpose of this study was to investigate self-perception and practices of health and appearance, health-related lifestyles and dietary behaviors of college students(137 male, 115 female) attending web class via the Internet. This cross-sectional survey was conducted by a self-administered questionnaire and data was analyzed by SPSS program. The average height, weight and BMI of the male and female college students were 174.4cm, 67.8kg, 22.3kg/㎡ and 162.3cm, 52.1kg, 19.8kg/㎡, respectively. Male collage students perceived their health statuses significantly better compared to female students. As for self-evaluation of anemia, female college students perceived significantly more anemia symptoms compared to male college students. Female college students perceived their body image to be obese compared to male college students. Underweight college students perceived significantly less healthy statuses, more anemia symptoms, and worse hair conditions compared to other college students. The rate of male students who exercise was significantly higher compared to that of female students. Male students reported significantly more smoking and drinking of alcohol compared to female students. The rate of female college students skipping meals was significantly higher than that of male college students. Frequency of eating out in female college students was significantly higher compared to that in male students. These results may provide some basic information in developing a nutrition education program for Korean college students using Internet.