Racial/Ethnic Differences in Body Weight Perception among U.S. College Students

Autor/inn/en	Lee, Jounghee; Sa, Jaesin; Chaput, Jean-Philippe; Seo, Dong-Chul; Samuel, Tonya
Titel	Racial/Ethnic Differences in Body Weight Perception among U.S. College Students
Quelle	In: Journal of American College Health, 66 (2018) 5, S.429-437 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0744-8481
DOI	10.1080/07448481.2018.1446437
Schlagwörter	Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Body Weight; Gender Differences; College Students; Regression (Statistics); White Students; African American Students; Asian American Students; Obesity; National Surveys; Self Concept; Health Behavior; Life Style; Hispanic American Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Körpergewicht; Geschlechterkonflikt; Collegestudent; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Adipositas; Selbstkonzept; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Lebensstil; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner
Abstract	Objective: To examine racial/ethnic differences in weight perception by sex among U.S. college students. Participants: a national sample (N = 70,267) of college students selected from 2- and 4-year postsecondary institutions (N = 62) during the Fall semester from 2011 to 2014. Methods: This is a secondary data analysis using 4 years of American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment IIb data. Sex-stratified multinomial logistic regression was performed to investigate racial/ethnic differences in body weight perception. Results: Compared with non-Hispanic whites, non-Hispanic black men and women were more likely to underestimate their body weight (p < 0.01). Asian men and women were more likely to overestimate their body weight than non-Hispanic whites (p < 0.001). Conclusions: Weight-related interventions should take into account racial/ethnic differences in body weight perception. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01