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Racial/ethnic differences in body weight perception among U.S. college students
Jounghee Lee1, Jaesin Sa2, Jean-Philippe Chaput3
1a Department of Nutrition Education , Graduate School of Education, Kyonggi University , Suwon City , Kyonggi Province , South Korea.
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 < .01). Asian men and women were more likely to overestimate their body weight than non-Hispanic whites (p < .001).
Conclusions:
Weight-related interventions should take into account racial/ethnic differences in body weight perception.
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