Perceived weight discrimination and obesity.

Weight discrimination is prevalent in American society. Although associated consistently with psychological and economic outcomes, less is known about whether weight discrimination is associated with longitudinal changes in obesity. The objectives of this research are (1) to test whether weight disc...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Angelina R Sutin, Antonio Terracciano
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/2217a8d7f0704cac95b30f10028ed643
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:2217a8d7f0704cac95b30f10028ed643
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2217a8d7f0704cac95b30f10028ed6432021-11-18T09:03:04ZPerceived weight discrimination and obesity.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0070048https://doaj.org/article/2217a8d7f0704cac95b30f10028ed6432013-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23894586/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Weight discrimination is prevalent in American society. Although associated consistently with psychological and economic outcomes, less is known about whether weight discrimination is associated with longitudinal changes in obesity. The objectives of this research are (1) to test whether weight discrimination is associated with risk of becoming obese (Body Mass Index≥30; BMI) by follow-up among those not obese at baseline, and (2) to test whether weight discrimination is associated with risk of remaining obese at follow-up among those already obese at baseline. Participants were drawn from the Health and Retirement Study, a nationally representative longitudinal survey of community-dwelling US residents. A total of 6,157 participants (58.6% female) completed the discrimination measure and had weight and height available from the 2006 and 2010 assessments. Participants who experienced weight discrimination were approximately 2.5 times more likely to become obese by follow-up (OR = 2.54, 95% CI = 1.58-4.08) and participants who were obese at baseline were three times more likely to remain obese at follow up (OR = 3.20, 95% CI = 2.06-4.97) than those who had not experienced such discrimination. These effects held when controlling for demographic factors (age, sex, ethnicity, education) and when baseline BMI was included as a covariate. These effects were also specific to weight discrimination; other forms of discrimination (e.g., sex, race) were unrelated to risk of obesity at follow-up. The present research demonstrates that, in addition to poorer mental health outcomes, weight discrimination has implications for obesity. Rather than motivating individuals to lose weight, weight discrimination increases risk for obesity.Angelina R SutinAntonio TerraccianoPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 7, p e70048 (2013)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN
topic	Medicine R Science Q
spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Angelina R Sutin Antonio Terracciano Perceived weight discrimination and obesity.
description	Weight discrimination is prevalent in American society. Although associated consistently with psychological and economic outcomes, less is known about whether weight discrimination is associated with longitudinal changes in obesity. The objectives of this research are (1) to test whether weight discrimination is associated with risk of becoming obese (Body Mass Index≥30; BMI) by follow-up among those not obese at baseline, and (2) to test whether weight discrimination is associated with risk of remaining obese at follow-up among those already obese at baseline. Participants were drawn from the Health and Retirement Study, a nationally representative longitudinal survey of community-dwelling US residents. A total of 6,157 participants (58.6% female) completed the discrimination measure and had weight and height available from the 2006 and 2010 assessments. Participants who experienced weight discrimination were approximately 2.5 times more likely to become obese by follow-up (OR = 2.54, 95% CI = 1.58-4.08) and participants who were obese at baseline were three times more likely to remain obese at follow up (OR = 3.20, 95% CI = 2.06-4.97) than those who had not experienced such discrimination. These effects held when controlling for demographic factors (age, sex, ethnicity, education) and when baseline BMI was included as a covariate. These effects were also specific to weight discrimination; other forms of discrimination (e.g., sex, race) were unrelated to risk of obesity at follow-up. The present research demonstrates that, in addition to poorer mental health outcomes, weight discrimination has implications for obesity. Rather than motivating individuals to lose weight, weight discrimination increases risk for obesity.
format	article
author	Angelina R Sutin Antonio Terracciano
author_facet	Angelina R Sutin Antonio Terracciano
author_sort	Angelina R Sutin
title	Perceived weight discrimination and obesity.
title_short	Perceived weight discrimination and obesity.
title_full	Perceived weight discrimination and obesity.
title_fullStr	Perceived weight discrimination and obesity.
title_full_unstemmed	Perceived weight discrimination and obesity.
title_sort	perceived weight discrimination and obesity.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2013
url	https://doaj.org/article/2217a8d7f0704cac95b30f10028ed643
work_keys_str_mv	AT angelinarsutin perceivedweightdiscriminationandobesity AT antonioterracciano perceivedweightdiscriminationandobesity
_version_	1718420952659787776

Perceived weight discrimination and obesity.

Ejemplares similares