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ArticleSocial science & medicine (1982)2023

Associations between weight discrimination and the use of potentially harmful dietary supplements during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.

Amanda Raffoul, Ariel L Beccia, Destiny A Jackson, Vishnudas Sarda, Jaime E Hart, Jorge E Chavarro, S Bryn Austin

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Article in Social science & medicine (1982), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Amanda RaffoulDivision of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: amanda.raffoul@childrens.harvard.edu.
Ariel L BecciaDivision of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: Ariel.Beccia@childrens.harvard.edu.
Destiny A JacksonDepartment of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: djackson@hsph.harvard.edu.
Vishnudas SardaDivision of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: Vishnudas.Sarda@childrens.harvard.edu.
Jaime E HartChanning Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: rejch@channing.harvard.edu.
Jorge E ChavarroChanning Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: jchavarr@hsph.harvard.edu.
S Bryn AustinDivision of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: Bryn.Austin@childrens.harvard.edu.
Boston Children's Hospital · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · USHarvard University · US

Funding

Translational Research Support CoreP30ES000002 · NIEHS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI SUSAN A KORRICK · 1985 to 2026
$44.6M
Life Course Cancer Epidemiology Cohort in WomenU01CA176726 · NCI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY D/B/A HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI ELIASSEN, A. HEATHER, WILLETT, WALTER C. · 2018 to 2025
$22.4M
Integrating lifecourse approaches, biologic and digital phenotypes in support of heart and lung disease epidemiologic researchU01HL145386 · NHLBI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY D/B/A HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI CHAVARRO, JORGE EDUARDO, MANSON, JOANN ELISABETH · 2019 to 2025
$17.8M
Premonopausal Hormone Levels and Risk of Breast CancerR01CA067262 · NCI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI HANKINSON, SUSAN E · 2002 to 2011
$11.9M
Causes and Impact of Minority Stress on Health and Development in YouthR01HD057368 · NICHD · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI AUSTIN, S BRYN, ROSARIO, MARGARET · 2009 to 2013
$3.3M
Nurses Health Study 3: A multiple exposure environmental epidemiology cohort of young adultsR24ES028521 · NIEHS · HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI CHAVARRO, JORGE EDUARDO, LADEN, FRANCINE · 2018 to 2022
$2.1M
Sexual Minority Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Intersectional, Social Epidemiologic InvestigationF32MD017452 · NIMHD · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI BECCIA, ARIEL L · 2022 to 2025
$228k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA067262NCI NIH HHS U01 CA176726NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL145386NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD057368NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES000002NIEHS NIH HHS R24 ES028521NIMHD NIH HHS F32 MD017452
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The dietary supplements industry disproportionately markets potentially harmful products promising weight loss, cleansing/detoxing, and boosted energy and immunity to women. The COVID-19 pandemic heightened consumer concerns around health and body weight, which may have increased women's risks of using supplements, particularly if they had a higher weight and experienced weight discrimination. This study aimed to estimate inequities in prevalence and change in use of weight-loss, cleanse/detox, immunity, and energy supplements in the first year of the pandemic and to assess the extent to which the relationship between weight and supplement use differs across discrimination experiences. We drew upon longitudinal data from cisgender women in the U.S. COVID-19 Pandemic Substudy of the Nurses' Health Study II and 3 and Growing Up Today Study cohorts, collected over 5 waves from April/May 2020 to April 2021 (N = 51,814). Modified Poisson generalized estimating equation models, adjusted for age, cohort, race/ethnicity, wave, and Census region, estimated the relative excess risk due to interaction (RERI) between weight status and weight discrimination on prevalence of supplement use. Weight status categories were derived from body mass index (BMI), and weight discrimination was assessed using the attributions item of the Everyday Discrimination Scale. Baseline prevalence of supplement use was 2.7% for weight-loss, 3.3% for cleanse/detox, 4.2% for energy, and 22.6% for immune. Respondents with BMIs of 25-29.9 kg/m

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COVID-19PandemicsDietary SupplementsEthnicityFemaleHumansUnited StatesCOVID-19Dietary supplementsWeight-based discriminationWomen's health

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