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The Role of Lifestyle and Psycho-Social Factors in Predicting Changes in Body Composition in Black South African Women

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to determine whether lifestyle and psycho-social factors determine changes in body composition over 10 years in a population of black African females with a high prevalence of obesity. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Data were collected from 430 women at baseline and 10-year foll...

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Autores principales: Gradidge, Philippe Jean-Luc, Norris, Shane A., Micklesfield, Lisa K., Crowther, Nigel J.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4501844/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26171972
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132914
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author Gradidge, Philippe Jean-Luc
Norris, Shane A.
Micklesfield, Lisa K.
Crowther, Nigel J.
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Norris, Shane A.
Micklesfield, Lisa K.
Crowther, Nigel J.
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description BACKGROUND: This study aimed to determine whether lifestyle and psycho-social factors determine changes in body composition over 10 years in a population of black African females with a high prevalence of obesity. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Data were collected from 430 women at baseline and 10-year follow-up. Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry-derived body fat mass and fat free soft tissue mass, and simple anthropometric measures were taken at both time points. Data on physical activity (PA), diet, smoking, and alcohol intake were collected at baseline. Body size dissatisfaction and body size discrepancy were determined at baseline using the feel minus ideal (FID) index and the perceived minus actual weight status discrepancy score (PAD), respectively. RESULTS: All body composition measurements increased over 10 years (p<0.0005). Two distinct groups of overweight/obese females were identified using PAD and FID: one that was content with their body size and one that wished to be leaner. Vigorous PA at baseline was inversely associated with absolute changes in all measures of adiposity. In subjects who underestimated their body size at baseline (74.0% of the study population) changes in total and peripheral levels of body fat were less than in subjects who correctly identified their body size. In the group that underestimated body size, more women wanted to be leaner than in the group who knew their body size (60.1% vs 47.5%, p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Underestimation of body size is common and is associated with a lower gain in total body adiposity and a prevalent desire to lose weight.
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spelling pubmed-45018442015-07-17 The Role of Lifestyle and Psycho-Social Factors in Predicting Changes in Body Composition in Black South African Women Gradidge, Philippe Jean-Luc Norris, Shane A. Micklesfield, Lisa K. Crowther, Nigel J. PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: This study aimed to determine whether lifestyle and psycho-social factors determine changes in body composition over 10 years in a population of black African females with a high prevalence of obesity. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Data were collected from 430 women at baseline and 10-year follow-up. Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry-derived body fat mass and fat free soft tissue mass, and simple anthropometric measures were taken at both time points. Data on physical activity (PA), diet, smoking, and alcohol intake were collected at baseline. Body size dissatisfaction and body size discrepancy were determined at baseline using the feel minus ideal (FID) index and the perceived minus actual weight status discrepancy score (PAD), respectively. RESULTS: All body composition measurements increased over 10 years (p<0.0005). Two distinct groups of overweight/obese females were identified using PAD and FID: one that was content with their body size and one that wished to be leaner. Vigorous PA at baseline was inversely associated with absolute changes in all measures of adiposity. In subjects who underestimated their body size at baseline (74.0% of the study population) changes in total and peripheral levels of body fat were less than in subjects who correctly identified their body size. In the group that underestimated body size, more women wanted to be leaner than in the group who knew their body size (60.1% vs 47.5%, p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Underestimation of body size is common and is associated with a lower gain in total body adiposity and a prevalent desire to lose weight. Public Library of Science 2015-07-14 /pmc/articles/PMC4501844/ /pubmed/26171972 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132914 Text en © 2015 Gradidge et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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