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Desire to lose weight and need of weight loss support in the adult population—Results from a cross‐sectional study in Sweden

OBJECTIVE: Evidence‐based methods to lose weight are important in tackling increasing obesity trends in adult populations. More knowledge about persons who want to lose weight and do not/do need weight loss support is necessary to design effective preventive practices. Thus, the aim of the study was...

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Autores principales: Molarius, Anu, Lindén‐Boström, Margareta, Karlsson, Jan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7448151/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32874672
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/osp4.412
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author Molarius, Anu
Lindén‐Boström, Margareta
Karlsson, Jan
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description OBJECTIVE: Evidence‐based methods to lose weight are important in tackling increasing obesity trends in adult populations. More knowledge about persons who want to lose weight and do not/do need weight loss support is necessary to design effective preventive practices. Thus, the aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence of desire to lose weight in the general population and the prevalence of health problems and health‐related factors in persons with overweight or obesity who want to lose weight and believe that they do not/do need weight loss support. METHODS: The study included 14 126 persons aged 30 to 69 years who responded to a questionnaire sent to a random sample. Persons with overweight or obesity (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m(2)) were divided into three groups: those who do not want to lose weight (n = 1236), those who want to lose weight but do not believe they need support (n = 5484), and those who want to lose weight and believe they need weight loss support (n = 1462). RESULTS: In total, 69% of the women and 59% of the men reported that they wanted to lose weight. The prevalence of hypertension, musculoskeletal pain, poor self‐rated health, anxiety/worry, and depression was highest among persons with overweight or obesity who wanted to lose weight and believed they need weight loss support. They were also more physically inactive and reported less social support. CONCLUSIONS: To want to lose weight is very common among adults. People with overweight or obesity who want to lose weight and believe they need weight loss support have higher frequency of various health problems, including mental health problems, and less social support.
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spelling pubmed-74481512020-08-31 Desire to lose weight and need of weight loss support in the adult population—Results from a cross‐sectional study in Sweden Molarius, Anu Lindén‐Boström, Margareta Karlsson, Jan Obes Sci Pract Original Research Articles OBJECTIVE: Evidence‐based methods to lose weight are important in tackling increasing obesity trends in adult populations. More knowledge about persons who want to lose weight and do not/do need weight loss support is necessary to design effective preventive practices. Thus, the aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence of desire to lose weight in the general population and the prevalence of health problems and health‐related factors in persons with overweight or obesity who want to lose weight and believe that they do not/do need weight loss support. METHODS: The study included 14 126 persons aged 30 to 69 years who responded to a questionnaire sent to a random sample. Persons with overweight or obesity (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m(2)) were divided into three groups: those who do not want to lose weight (n = 1236), those who want to lose weight but do not believe they need support (n = 5484), and those who want to lose weight and believe they need weight loss support (n = 1462). RESULTS: In total, 69% of the women and 59% of the men reported that they wanted to lose weight. The prevalence of hypertension, musculoskeletal pain, poor self‐rated health, anxiety/worry, and depression was highest among persons with overweight or obesity who wanted to lose weight and believed they need weight loss support. They were also more physically inactive and reported less social support. CONCLUSIONS: To want to lose weight is very common among adults. People with overweight or obesity who want to lose weight and believe they need weight loss support have higher frequency of various health problems, including mental health problems, and less social support. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-03-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7448151/ /pubmed/32874672 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/osp4.412 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Obesity Science & Practice published by World Obesity and The Obesity Society and John Wiley & Sons Ltd This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Desire to lose weight and need of weight loss support in the adult population—Results from a cross‐sectional study in Sweden
title Desire to lose weight and need of weight loss support in the adult population—Results from a cross‐sectional study in Sweden
title_full Desire to lose weight and need of weight loss support in the adult population—Results from a cross‐sectional study in Sweden
title_fullStr Desire to lose weight and need of weight loss support in the adult population—Results from a cross‐sectional study in Sweden
title_full_unstemmed Desire to lose weight and need of weight loss support in the adult population—Results from a cross‐sectional study in Sweden
title_short Desire to lose weight and need of weight loss support in the adult population—Results from a cross‐sectional study in Sweden
title_sort desire to lose weight and need of weight loss support in the adult population—results from a cross‐sectional study in sweden
topic Original Research Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7448151/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32874672
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/osp4.412
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