Perceived Body Shape, Standardized Body-Mass Index, and Weight-Specific Quality of Life of African-American, Caucasian, and Mexican-American Adolescents

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• Personal Author:
  Edwards TC ; Hobby AD ; Huang Y ; Patrick DL ; Skalicky AM ; Edwards TC ; Hobby AD ; Huang Y ; Patrick DL ; Skalicky AM
• Description:
  Purpose: To examine associations among perceived body shape, standardized body-mass index (zBMI), and weight-specific quality of life in African-American, Caucasian, and Mexican-American adolescents, aged 11-18 years. Methods: Self-report questionnaires were administered to 454 adolescents between 11 and 18 years of age, of whom 53% were females, 33% were Caucasians, 30% were African-Americans, and 37% were Mexican-Americans. Thirty-four percent had a healthy zBMI, 20% were overweight, and 46% were obese. Results: In examining the adjusted R-square and R-square changes among stepwise regression models, the model with depressive symptoms (adjusted R-square = 0.34), perceived body shape (adjusted R-square = 0.49), and female sex (adjusted R-square = 0.53) appears to be the most parsimonious and explanatory model for these data. Race/ethnicity and age did not enter the equations, due to their significance levels being greater than the probability of removal (0.1). Conclusions: This study demonstrates the importance of including the perceptual measures of weight-specific quality of life and perceived body shape in studies of and interventions with overweight and obese adolescents. Including these perceptual measures may provide increased insight into the motivations and values of overweight and obese youth and thus be useful for designing more effective weight interventions. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Sex Characteristics
• Keywords:
  Adolescents Author Keywords: Adolescent BMI Body Mass Index Ethnicity Obesity Psychological Factors Quality Of Life Racial Factors Sex Factors Weight Factors

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• ISSN:
  0962-9343
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20056254
• Citation:
  Qual Life Res 2012 Aug; 21(6):1101-1107
• Contact Point Address:
  Todd C. Edwards, Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Campus Box 359455, Seattle, WA 98195-9455, USA
• Email:
  toddce@u.washington.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Quality of Life Research
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7b18e32805a388d56b128189012d7d96ca37cf20e5e0b50d3eef58195c12a663924e52c848da218303c3ae477e2bc1a8c74a9df004ead1ca0fddc3abec7989e0
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/213895/cdc_213895_DS1.pdf
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