Racial/ethnic differences in body weight perception among U.S. college students |
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| Authors: | Jounghee Lee Jaesin Sa Jean-Philippe Chaput Tonya Samuel |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Nutrition Education, Graduate School of Education, Kyonggi University, Suwon City, Kyonggi Province, South Korea;2. College of Education and Health Sciences, Touro University, Vallejo, California, USA;3. Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada;4. College of Nursing and Public Health, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York, USA |
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| Abstract: | 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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| Keywords: | Body weight perception college students obesity weight overestimation |
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