Subjective Social Status Is Associated with Dysregulated Eating Behaviors and Greater Body Mass Index in an Urban Predominantly Black and Low-Income Sample

Background: Higher subjective social status (SSS) or a person’s perception of their social standing is related to better health outcomes, but few studies examined SSS in relation to obesity. Emotional eating and food addiction have been linked to obesity. Some studies indicated that manipulating SSS...

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Autores principales:	Monika M. Stojek, Paulina Wardawy, Charles F. Gillespie, Jennifer S. Stevens, Abigail Powers, Vasiliki Michopoulos
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	obesity food addiction emotional eating subjective social status health inequities Nutrition. Foods and food supply TX341-641
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b089da71c4a64eb695bf261c3c8653d72021-11-25T18:35:00ZSubjective Social Status Is Associated with Dysregulated Eating Behaviors and Greater Body Mass Index in an Urban Predominantly Black and Low-Income Sample10.3390/nu131138932072-6643https://doaj.org/article/b089da71c4a64eb695bf261c3c8653d72021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/11/3893https://doaj.org/toc/2072-6643Background: Higher subjective social status (SSS) or a person’s perception of their social standing is related to better health outcomes, but few studies examined SSS in relation to obesity. Emotional eating and food addiction have been linked to obesity. Some studies indicated that manipulating SSS may lead to altered food intake, but the relationship between SSS and dysregulated eating, such as emotional eating and food addiction (FA), has not been examined. The goal of this study was to examine the associations between SSS in the community and the larger society, dysregulated eating (emotional eating and FA), and body mass index (BMI) in a majority racial minority sample. Methods: The participants (<i>N</i> = 89; 93% Black, 86% women, and 56% with obesity; 72% income lower than USD 2000), recruited from a publicly funded hospital in Atlanta, GA, completed the MacArthur Scale, Dutch Eating Behaviors Questionnaire, Yale Food Addiction Scale, Beck Depression Inventory, PTSD Symptom Checklist, and demographics questionnaire. Results: Twenty-two percent of the sample met the criteria for FA; those with FA had significantly higher BMI than those without (<i>p</i> = 0.018). In the hierarchical linear regression, the SSS community (but not in society) predicted higher severity of emotional eating (<i>β</i> = 0.26, <i>p</i> = 0.029) and FA (<i>β</i> = 0.30, <i>p</i> = 0.029), and higher BMI (<i>β</i> = 0.28, <i>p</i> = 0.046), independent from depression and PTSD symptoms. Conclusions: The findings indicate that, among Black individuals with predominantly low income in the U.S., perceived role in their community is associated with eating patterns and body mass. Given the small sample size, the results should be interpreted with caution.Monika M. StojekPaulina WardawyCharles F. GillespieJennifer S. StevensAbigail PowersVasiliki MichopoulosMDPI AGarticleobesityfood addictionemotional eatingsubjective social statushealth inequitiesNutrition. Foods and food supplyTX341-641ENNutrients, Vol 13, Iss 3893, p 3893 (2021)
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spellingShingle	obesity food addiction emotional eating subjective social status health inequities Nutrition. Foods and food supply TX341-641 Monika M. Stojek Paulina Wardawy Charles F. Gillespie Jennifer S. Stevens Abigail Powers Vasiliki Michopoulos Subjective Social Status Is Associated with Dysregulated Eating Behaviors and Greater Body Mass Index in an Urban Predominantly Black and Low-Income Sample
description	Background: Higher subjective social status (SSS) or a person’s perception of their social standing is related to better health outcomes, but few studies examined SSS in relation to obesity. Emotional eating and food addiction have been linked to obesity. Some studies indicated that manipulating SSS may lead to altered food intake, but the relationship between SSS and dysregulated eating, such as emotional eating and food addiction (FA), has not been examined. The goal of this study was to examine the associations between SSS in the community and the larger society, dysregulated eating (emotional eating and FA), and body mass index (BMI) in a majority racial minority sample. Methods: The participants (<i>N</i> = 89; 93% Black, 86% women, and 56% with obesity; 72% income lower than USD 2000), recruited from a publicly funded hospital in Atlanta, GA, completed the MacArthur Scale, Dutch Eating Behaviors Questionnaire, Yale Food Addiction Scale, Beck Depression Inventory, PTSD Symptom Checklist, and demographics questionnaire. Results: Twenty-two percent of the sample met the criteria for FA; those with FA had significantly higher BMI than those without (<i>p</i> = 0.018). In the hierarchical linear regression, the SSS community (but not in society) predicted higher severity of emotional eating (<i>β</i> = 0.26, <i>p</i> = 0.029) and FA (<i>β</i> = 0.30, <i>p</i> = 0.029), and higher BMI (<i>β</i> = 0.28, <i>p</i> = 0.046), independent from depression and PTSD symptoms. Conclusions: The findings indicate that, among Black individuals with predominantly low income in the U.S., perceived role in their community is associated with eating patterns and body mass. Given the small sample size, the results should be interpreted with caution.
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author	Monika M. Stojek Paulina Wardawy Charles F. Gillespie Jennifer S. Stevens Abigail Powers Vasiliki Michopoulos
author_facet	Monika M. Stojek Paulina Wardawy Charles F. Gillespie Jennifer S. Stevens Abigail Powers Vasiliki Michopoulos
author_sort	Monika M. Stojek
title	Subjective Social Status Is Associated with Dysregulated Eating Behaviors and Greater Body Mass Index in an Urban Predominantly Black and Low-Income Sample
title_short	Subjective Social Status Is Associated with Dysregulated Eating Behaviors and Greater Body Mass Index in an Urban Predominantly Black and Low-Income Sample
title_full	Subjective Social Status Is Associated with Dysregulated Eating Behaviors and Greater Body Mass Index in an Urban Predominantly Black and Low-Income Sample
title_fullStr	Subjective Social Status Is Associated with Dysregulated Eating Behaviors and Greater Body Mass Index in an Urban Predominantly Black and Low-Income Sample
title_full_unstemmed	Subjective Social Status Is Associated with Dysregulated Eating Behaviors and Greater Body Mass Index in an Urban Predominantly Black and Low-Income Sample
title_sort	subjective social status is associated with dysregulated eating behaviors and greater body mass index in an urban predominantly black and low-income sample
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/b089da71c4a64eb695bf261c3c8653d7
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Subjective Social Status Is Associated with Dysregulated Eating Behaviors and Greater Body Mass Index in an Urban Predominantly Black and Low-Income Sample

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