ArticleObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2018
It Weigh(t)s on You: Everyday Discrimination and Adiposity Among Latinos.
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- Everyday Discrimination and Its Predictors in the MASALA Study.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- The Association Between Perceived Discrimination and Body Mass Index (BMI) Among Asian American Women Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Psychosocial factors associated with 7-year change in cognition among middle-aged and older Hispanics/Latinos: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos-Investigation of Neurocognitive Aging (SOL-INCA) and Sociocultural ancillary studies.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024Article
- Body image is associated with persistence. A study of the role of weight-related stigma.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Discrimination and Sleep: Differential Effects by Type and Coping Strategy.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2023Article
- Assessing Hispanic/Latino and Non-Hispanic White Social Determinants of Obesity Among a Community Sample of Residents in the Rural Southeast US.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2022Article
- Skin Tone, Race/Ethnicity, and Gender Differences in BMI among New US Immigrants.Ethnicity & disease · 2022Article
- Racial Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms among Latina/o College Students: The Role of Racism-Related Vigilance and Sleep.Race and social problems · 2021Article
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- Everyday discrimination among formerly homeless persons in permanent supportive housing.Journal of social distress and the homeless · 2019Article
- The Association Between Perceived Discrimination and BMI Trajectory: A Prospective Study of African American and White Adults.Family & community healthArticle
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Abstract
objectiveEvidence suggests discrimination increases the risk of obesity. The biopsychosocial model of racism posits that psychological factors such as depressive symptoms may link experiences of perceived interpersonal discrimination to obesity. This study tested whether self-reported experiences of everyday discrimination were associated with adiposity indicators and whether depressive symptoms explained these associations.
methodsCross-sectional survey data of 602 Latino adults living in Lawrence, Massachusetts, from the Latino Health and Well-being Project (2011-2013) were used. Participants completed questionnaires assessing perceived everyday discrimination and depressive symptoms. Anthropometric measures (i.e., BMI and waist circumference [WC]) were obtained by trained staff. Structural equation modeling was employed to test for direct and indirect effects of perceived everyday discrimination on adiposity.
resultsPerceived everyday discrimination was directly and positively associated with higher BMI and WC, independent of sociodemographic factors, physical activity, and stressful life events. Perceived everyday discrimination was not indirectly associated with BMI and WC through depressive symptoms. However, perceived everyday discrimination was associated with higher levels of depressive symptoms.
conclusionsSelf-reported everyday discrimination among Latino adults is associated with adiposity. Day-to-day interpersonal discrimination may be implicated in obesity disparities for Latino adults.
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