ArticleInternational journal of preventive medicine2015
Mediating Effect of Perceived Overweight on the Association between Actual Obesity and Intention for Weight Control; Role of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender.
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- Educational Attainment and Exercise Frequency in American Women; Blacks' Diminished Returns.Women's health bulletin · 2019Article
- Baseline Body Mass Predicts Average Depressive Symptoms over the Next Two Decades for White but Not Black Older Adults.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
- Family Income Reduces Risk of Obesity for White but Not Black Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Article
- Association between Actual and Perceived Obesity Weaker among Black than White Children.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Article
- Perceived Discrimination and Binge Eating Disorder; Gender Difference in African Americans.Journal of clinical medicine · 2018Article
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- Predictors of need for help with weight loss among overweight and obese men and women in the Netherlands: a cross-sectional study.BMC health services research · 2017Article
- Gender and Ethnic Differences in the Association Between Body Image Dissatisfaction and Binge Eating Disorder among Blacks.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2017Article
- Longitudinal changes in desired body weight compared to changes in body weight: evidence of adaptation to weight gain?BMC obesity · 2016Article
- Sustained Obesity and Depressive Symptoms over 6 Years: Race by Gender Differences in the Health and Retirement Study.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2016Article
- The Association Between Obesity and Weight Loss Intention Weaker Among Blacks and Men than Whites and Women.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough obesity is expected to be associated with intention to reduce weight, this effect may be through perceived overweight. This study tested if perceived overweight mediates the association between actual obesity and intention to control weight in groups based on the intersection of race and gender. For this purpose, we compared Non-Hispanic White men, Non-Hispanic White women, African American men, African American women, Caribbean Black men, and Caribbean Black women.
methodsNational Survey of American Life, 2001-2003 included 5,810 American adults (3516 African Americans, 1415 Caribbean Blacks, and 879 Non-Hispanic Whites). Weight control intention was entered as the main outcome. In the first step, we fitted race/gender specific logistic regression models with the intention for weight control as outcome, body mass index as predictor and sociodemographics as covariates. In the next step, to test mediation, we added perceived weight to the model.
resultsObesity was positively associated with intention for weight control among all race × gender groups. Perceived overweight fully mediated the association between actual obesity and intention for weight control among Non-Hispanic White women, African American men, and Caribbean Black men. The mediation was only partial for Non-Hispanic White men, African American women, and Caribbean Black women.
conclusionsThe complex relation between actual weight, perceived weight, and weight control intentions depends on the intersection of race and gender. Perceived overweight plays a more salient role for Non-Hispanic White women and Black men than White men and Black women. Weight loss programs may benefit from being tailored based on race and gender. This finding also sheds more light to the disproportionately high rate of obesity among Black women in US.
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