Association of eating behaviors and BMI among elementary school students from Mexico.

The aim of this study was to analyze the association of cognitive restraint (CR), uncontrolled eating (UE), and emotional eating (EE) with body max index (BMI) among elementary schools children in Mexico. 5th and 6th grade students were recruited from two schools. Weight, height, and waist circumference were measured and BMI was calculated. Overweight and obese children were classified according to the World Health Organization's (WHO) BMI z-score. The TFEQ-R18 questionnaire was applied to assess behavioral patterns. Gender differences of UE and EE were observed. Private school children had higher scores of CR and UE. Children with CR were three times more likely to have abdominal obesity (AO) and children with OW or O were more likely to have UE. Children attending the private school and those with AO had higher CR scores; private school children, those with overweight or obesity and with AO had higher UE scores.

El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar la asociación de la restricción cognitiva (CR), el consumo incontrolado (UE) y el consumo emocional (EE) con el índice de masa corporal (IMC) entre alumnos de primaria en México. Se reclutaron estudiantes de quinto y sexto grado de dos escuelas. Se midieron el peso, la estatura y la circunferencia de cintura y se calculó el IMC. El sobrepeso (SP) y la Obesidad (OB) se clasificó de acuerdo al puntaje Z de IMC de la OMS. Se aplicó el cuestionario TFEQ -R18 para valorar los patrones de conducta. Se observaron diferencias de UE y de EE. Los niños de las escuelas privadas presentaron mayores puntajes de CR y UE. Los niños con CR presentaron tres veces más probabilidades de tener obesidad abdominal (OA) y los niños con SP u OB tenían más posibilidades de tener UE. Los niños que atendían escuelas privadas y los que tenían OB tenían mayores puntajes de CR; los niños de escuelas privadas, los que tenían OW u OB y OA tenían más puntaje en UE.

Association of eating behaviors and BMI among elementary school students from Mexico / Asociación de las conductas alimentarias con el IMC en estudiantes de primaria de México

The aim of this study was to analyze the association of cognitive restraint (CR), uncontrolled eating (UE), and emotional eating (EE) with body max index (BMI) among elementary schools children in Mexico. 5th and 6th grade students were recruited from two schools. Weight, height, and waist circumference were measured and BMI was calculated. Overweight and obese children were classified according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) BMI z-score. The TFEQ -R18 questionnaire was applied to assess behavioral patterns. Gender differences of UE and EE were observed. Private school children had higher scores of CR and UE. Children with CR were three times more likely to have abdominal obesity (AO) and children with OW or O were more likely to have UE. Children attending the private school and those with AO had higher CR scores; private school children, those with overweight or obesity and with AO had higher UE scores (AU)

El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar la asociación de la restricción cognitiva (CR), el consumo incontrolado (UE) y el consumo emocional (EE) con el índice de masa corporal (IMC) entre alumnos de primaria en México. Se reclutaron estudiantes de quinto y sexto grado de dos escuelas. Se midieron el peso, la estatura y la circunferencia de cintura y se calculó el IMC. El sobrepeso (SP) y la Obesidad (OB) se clasificó de acuerdo al puntaje Z de IMC de la OMS. Se aplicó el cuestionario TFEQ -R18 para valorar los patrones de conducta. Se observaron diferencias de UE y de EE. Los niños de las escuelas privadas presentaron mayores puntajes de CR y UE. Los niños con CR presentaron tres veces más probabilidades de tener obesidad abdominal (OA) y los niños con SP u OB tenían más posibilidades de tener UE. Los niños que atendían escuelas privadas y los que tenían OB tenían mayores puntajes de CR; los niños de escuelas privadas, los que tenían OW u OB y OA tenían más puntaje en UE (AU)

Fat phobia among first and fifth year medical students in Tijuana, México / Fobia a la grasa entre los estudiantes de primer y quinto año de medicina en Tijuana, México

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Beliefs, attitudes and phobias among Mexican medical and psychology students towards people with obesity.

BACKGROUND: A high prevalence of stigmatizing attitude among healthcare personnel towards obese people has been reported. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the beliefs, attitudes and phobias that Mexican medical and psychology students have towards obese people. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 528 students enrolled at the Autonomous University of Baja California in psychology and medical schools. Weight, height and waist circumference were evaluated. Beliefs about obesity were assessed with the BAOP scale, attitudes towards obese people by the ATOP scale and obesity phobias by the F-scale. RESULTS: Participants achieved a mean F-scale score of 3.4. Only seven per cent showed neutral or positive attitudes towards obesity (≤2.5). Less fat phobia was associated with beliefs that obesity was not a result of the person's self-control (p = 0.0001) and had better attitudes towards obese people (p = 0.0001). Men had higher risk of fat phobia (OR = 1.5). CONCLUSIONS: High prevalence of phobias and negative attitudes towards obesity was observed. Men had higher stigma.

INTRODUCCIÓN: Se ha observado una alta frecuencia de estigmatización entre el personal de salud hacía las personas con obesidad. OBJETIVO: Evaluar las creencias, actitudes y fobias que los estudiantes de medicina y psicología tienen hacía las personas con obesidad. MÉTODOS: Se realizó un estudio transversal en 528 estudiantes de las carreras de psicología y medicina de la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California. Se evaluó el peso, la estatura y la circunferencia de cintura. Las creencias sobre obesidad fueron valoradas con la escala BAOP, las actitudes hacía las personas con obesidad mediante la escala ATOP, y la fobia hacía la obesidad con la escala F. RESULTADOS: Los participantes obtuvieron una calificación media de la escala F de 3,4. Solamente siete por ciento presentaron una actitud neutral o positive (≤2,5). Se observó una asociación entre menos fobia con el hecho de considerar que la obesidad no es el resultado absoluto del auto control de las personas (p = 0,0001) y también con una mejor actitud hacía las personas con obesidad (p = 0,0001). Los hombres presentaron más fobia hacía la obesidad que las mujeres (OR = 1,5). CONCLUSIONES: Se observó una alta prevalencia de fobia y actitudes negativas hacía las personas con obesidad. Los hombres presentaron mayor grado de estigmatización.

Beliefs, attitudes and phobias among Mexican medical and psychology students towards people with obesity / Creencias, actitudes y fobias hacia la obesidad entre estudiantes mexicanos de las carreras de medicina y psicología

Background: A high prevalence of stigmatizing attitude among healthcare personnel towards obese people has been reported. Objective: To evaluate the beliefs, attitudes and phobias that Mexican medical and psychology students have towards obese people. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 528 students enrolled at the Autonomous University of Baja California in psychology and medical schools. Weight, height and waist circumference were evaluated. Beliefs about obesity were assessed with the BAOP scale, attitudes towards obese people by the ATOP scale and obesity phobias by the F-scale. Results: Participants achieved a mean F-scale score of 3.4. Only seven per cent showed neutral or positive attitudes towards obesity (≤ 2.5). Less fat phobia was associated with beliefs that obesity was not a result of the person’s self-control (p = 0.0001) and had better attitudes towards obese people (p = 0.0001). Men had higher risk of fat phobia (OR = 1.5). Conclusions: High prevalence of phobias and negative attitudes towards obesity was observed. Men had higher stigma (AU)

Introducción: Se ha observado una alta frecuencia de estigmatización entre el personal de salud hacía las personas con obesidad. Objetivo: Evaluar las creencias, actitudes y fobias que los estudiantes de medicina y psicología tienen hacía las personas con obesidad. Métodos: Se realizó un estudio transversal en 528 estudiantes de las carreras de psicología y medicina de la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California. Se evaluó el peso, la estatura y la circunferencia de cintura. Las creencias sobre obesidad fueron valoradas con la escala BAOP, las actitudes hacía las personas con obesidad mediante la escala ATOP, y la fobia hacía la obesidad con la escala F. Resultados: Los participantes obtuvieron una calificación media de la escala F de 3,4. Solamente siete por ciento presentaron una actitud neutral o positive (≤ 2,5). Se observó una asociación entre menos fobia con el hecho de considerar que la obesidad no es el resultado absoluto del auto control de las personas (p = 0,0001) y también con una mejor actitud hacía las personas con obesidad (p = 0,0001). Los hombres presentaron más fobia hacía la obesidad que las mujeres (OR = 1,5). Conclusiones: Se observó una alta prevalencia de fobia y actitudes negativas hacía las personas con obesidad. Los hombres presentaron mayor grado de estigmatización (AU)

Association of obesity and eating in the absence of hunger among college students in a Mexican-USA border city.

Few studies have examined disinhibited eating behaviors in Mexico. However eating in the absence of hunger (EAH), defined as eating in response to the presence of palatable foods in the absence of physiological hunger, is one of the more frequently examined behaviors. The purpose of this study was to assess the association between obesity and EAH among college students in a large Mexican-USA border city. Two-hundred and one sophomore college students completed the EAH questionnaire (EAH-C). Weight and height were measured. To assess reproducibility a test-retest was conducted in a subset sample (n = 20). Test-retest correlations ranged from ρ = 0.44 to 0.86, p < 0.01. Data obtained from the EAH-C were subjected to a principal components analysis with a varimax rotation. The mean age of participants was 21.0 ± 2.0 years, 52 % were female. The prevalence of overweight and obesity was 29 and 14 % respectively. The internal validity was assessed by Cronbach's alph. Internal consistency for all subscales was: external eating (α = 0.83), negative affect (α = 0.92) and fatigue/boredom (α = 0.86). Principal component analysis generated four subscales for the EAH-C: external eating, negative affect, fatigue and boredom. Comparing normal weight students versus obese students, normal weight students (57.1%) had higher scores on boredom subscale than obese students (p < 0.008). Female students had higher scores in the negative affect subscale than the males (p < 0.001). We conclude that the EAH-C had internal consistent subscales with good convergent validity. In this study population we found no association between EAH and obesity.