Who is trying to lose weight? Trends and prevalence in past-year weight loss attempts among US adults 1999-2018 at the intersection of race/ethnicity, gender, and weight status.
Eat Behav
; 47: 101682, 2022 12.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-36413874
ABSTRACT
Common stereotypes of those who desire or attempt to lose weight often center on the experience of White, thin women. However, prior studies have neglected how systems of oppression at intersection of race/ethnicity, gender, and weight status may interact to place certain subpopulations at elevated risk. Repeated cross-sectional data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2018 (n = 53,528), a population-representative sample of US adults, were used to 1) assess trends in past-year weight loss attempts using the Kendall-Mann trend test stratifying by race/ethnicity, gender, and weight status, and 2) estimate the adjusted prevalence of weight loss attempts over the combined 20-year period for combinations of race/ethnicity, gender, and weight status using logistic regression. There were significant monotonic trends from 1999 to 2018 for non-Hispanic Black men (43.8% to 67.8%, FDR adjusted p = .022) with an obese BMI, but not for any other groups. After adjusting for covariates, weight loss attempt prevalence was positively associated with BMI category for all race/ethnicity-gender combinations, although the degree of association differed. These findings underscore the need to use an intersectional lens in weight-related research. Despite limited long-term beneficial health impact, certain population subgroups, particularly Black men with an obese BMI, are increasingly trying to lose weight.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Weight Loss
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Ethnicity
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspects:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Eat Behav
Journal subject:
CIENCIAS DA NUTRICAO
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CIENCIAS DO COMPORTAMENTO
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States