重温宗教和BMI:来自澳大利亚的最新证据
Michael A Kortt1, Michael B Charles2, Luan Vinicius Bernardelli3
1Department of Management Science & Engineering, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE. michael.kortt@ku.ac.ae.
Journal of religion and health
|September 30, 2025
概括
在澳大利亚,宗教信仰对人体质量指数 (BMI) 有影响. 特定的基督教教派与男性和女性的BMI高相关,而非基督教教派与BMI低相关.
科学领域:
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 了解宗教信仰与身体质量指数 (BMI) 等健康结果之间的关系对于公共健康至关重要.
- 以前的研究对宗教对BMI的影响产生了不同的结果,需要在不同人群中进行进一步的调查.
研究的目的:
- 在代表性的澳大利亚成年人群中检查宗教信仰与体重指数 (BMI) 之间的关联.
- 为了确定宗教信仰是否预测BMI,在控制了社会人口统计学,行为和心理因素之后.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自澳大利亚 (HILDA) 家居收入劳动力动力调查的五波数据.
- 分析了58694名年龄在18岁以上的成年人的反应,使用了普通最小平方 (OLS) 回归分析.
- 对社会人口统计学因素,健康行为和心理变量进行控制.
主要成果:
- 宗教信仰对男性和女性的BMI有很大影响.
- 那些自称是天主教,圣公会或主流新教教派的男性的平均BMI比非宗教人士高.
- 与主流或保守的新教教派相关的女性也显示出更高的平均BMI;非基督徒通常比非宗教人士的BMI更低.
- 宗教出席的频率和宗教的重要性对BMI的影响很小.
结论:
- 在澳大利亚,宗教信仰是身体质量指数 (BMI) 的重要预测因素.
- 特定的基督教教派与更高的BMI有关,而非基督教教派与更低的BMI有关,独立于其他因素.
- 宗教对BMI的影响似乎与归属有关,而不是宗教实践或感知重要性.
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