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Gender and Socioeconomic Status in Relation to Weight Perception and Weight Control Behavior in Korean Adults
AIM: In Korea, obesity is more prevalent among men and lower socioeconomic groups. To explain this obesity disparity, we compared weight perception and weight control behavior across gender and socioeconomic status (SES). METHODS: We analyzed data from 16,260 participants aged 20 years or older in a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5642379/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23429009 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000346805 |
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author | Joh, Hee-Kyung Oh, Juhwan Lee, Hae-Jeung Kawachi, Ichiro |
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description | AIM: In Korea, obesity is more prevalent among men and lower socioeconomic groups. To explain this obesity disparity, we compared weight perception and weight control behavior across gender and socioeconomic status (SES). METHODS: We analyzed data from 16,260 participants aged 20 years or older in a nationally representative cross-sectional survey. SES indicators included education and income levels. Weight under-perception was defined when participants considered themselves lighter than their measured BMI status. Either no active or inappropriate weight control (i.e., trying to gain weight in obese individuals) was considered to be unhealthy patterns. Multivariate prevalence ratios were calculated using log-binomial regressions. RESULTS: Men had a higher prevalence of weight under-perception (24.5 vs. 11.9%) and unhealthy patterns of weight control behavior (57 vs. 40%) than women. Low education level was associated with weight under-perception (p(trend) = 0.022 in men, p(trend) ℋ 0.001 in women). Both education and income levels were significantly associated with patterns of weight control behavior (for education: p(trend) ℋ 0.001 in men and women; for income: p(trend) = 0.047 in men, p(trend) ℋ 0.001 in women). CONCLUSION: Weight perception and weight control behavior significantly varied by gender and SES. Public actions should be directed toward improving perception and behavior of high-risk populations. |
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spelling | pubmed-56423792017-12-04 Gender and Socioeconomic Status in Relation to Weight Perception and Weight Control Behavior in Korean Adults Joh, Hee-Kyung Oh, Juhwan Lee, Hae-Jeung Kawachi, Ichiro Obes Facts Original Article AIM: In Korea, obesity is more prevalent among men and lower socioeconomic groups. To explain this obesity disparity, we compared weight perception and weight control behavior across gender and socioeconomic status (SES). METHODS: We analyzed data from 16,260 participants aged 20 years or older in a nationally representative cross-sectional survey. SES indicators included education and income levels. Weight under-perception was defined when participants considered themselves lighter than their measured BMI status. Either no active or inappropriate weight control (i.e., trying to gain weight in obese individuals) was considered to be unhealthy patterns. Multivariate prevalence ratios were calculated using log-binomial regressions. RESULTS: Men had a higher prevalence of weight under-perception (24.5 vs. 11.9%) and unhealthy patterns of weight control behavior (57 vs. 40%) than women. Low education level was associated with weight under-perception (p(trend) = 0.022 in men, p(trend) ℋ 0.001 in women). Both education and income levels were significantly associated with patterns of weight control behavior (for education: p(trend) ℋ 0.001 in men and women; for income: p(trend) = 0.047 in men, p(trend) ℋ 0.001 in women). CONCLUSION: Weight perception and weight control behavior significantly varied by gender and SES. Public actions should be directed toward improving perception and behavior of high-risk populations. S. Karger GmbH 2013-03 2013-02-21 /pmc/articles/PMC5642379/ /pubmed/23429009 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000346805 Text en Copyright © 2013 by S. Karger GmbH, Freiburg http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC) (www.karger.com/OA-license), applicable tothe online version of the article only. Distribution permitted for non-commercial purposes only. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Joh, Hee-Kyung Oh, Juhwan Lee, Hae-Jeung Kawachi, Ichiro Gender and Socioeconomic Status in Relation to Weight Perception and Weight Control Behavior in Korean Adults |
title | Gender and Socioeconomic Status in Relation to Weight Perception and Weight Control Behavior in Korean Adults |
title_full | Gender and Socioeconomic Status in Relation to Weight Perception and Weight Control Behavior in Korean Adults |
title_fullStr | Gender and Socioeconomic Status in Relation to Weight Perception and Weight Control Behavior in Korean Adults |
title_full_unstemmed | Gender and Socioeconomic Status in Relation to Weight Perception and Weight Control Behavior in Korean Adults |
title_short | Gender and Socioeconomic Status in Relation to Weight Perception and Weight Control Behavior in Korean Adults |
title_sort | gender and socioeconomic status in relation to weight perception and weight control behavior in korean adults |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5642379/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23429009 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000346805 |
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