TY - JOUR
T1 - Accuracy of body weight perception and obesity among Chinese Americans
AU - Liu, Shan
AU - Fu, Mei R.
AU - Hu, Sophia H.
AU - Wang, Vincent Y.
AU - Crupi, Robert
AU - Qiu, Jeanna M.
AU - Cleland, Chuck
AU - D'Eramo Melkus, Gail
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by a research grant awarded by NYU Pless Center of Nursing Research , Association of Chinese American Physicians , and the National Institutes of Health (NIMHD Project # P60 MD000538-03). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the funders. The funders had no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Asia Oceania Association for the Study of Obesity
PY - 2016/9/1
Y1 - 2016/9/1
N2 - Background: Accuracy of body weight perception is an individual's perception of their body weight in comparison with actual body weight and is associated with weight-related behaviors. Chinese Americans have increased risk for obesity but no studies have examined accuracy of body weight perception. Methods: This study was a descriptive and cross-sectional study, which was conducted in a community health center in New York. Study subjects were all Chinese-American adults. Demographic information, accuracy of perception of body weight, anthropometric measures (weight, height, body mass index [BMI], waist circumference [WC], hip circumference [HC], weight to height ratio, weight to hip ratio), fasting plasma glucose (FPG), glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1C) and obesity-related diseases (hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, and stroke) were assessed. Results: A total of 162 Chinese Americans were recruited. 52 subjects (32%) did not perceive body weight correctly: 32 subjects had underestimation and 20 subjects had overestimation of body weight. Significant differences were found among subjects in the three groups of different accuracy of body weight perception in terms of gender (p = 0.003), age (p = 0.003), education years (p = 0.047), WC (p
AB - Background: Accuracy of body weight perception is an individual's perception of their body weight in comparison with actual body weight and is associated with weight-related behaviors. Chinese Americans have increased risk for obesity but no studies have examined accuracy of body weight perception. Methods: This study was a descriptive and cross-sectional study, which was conducted in a community health center in New York. Study subjects were all Chinese-American adults. Demographic information, accuracy of perception of body weight, anthropometric measures (weight, height, body mass index [BMI], waist circumference [WC], hip circumference [HC], weight to height ratio, weight to hip ratio), fasting plasma glucose (FPG), glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1C) and obesity-related diseases (hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, and stroke) were assessed. Results: A total of 162 Chinese Americans were recruited. 52 subjects (32%) did not perceive body weight correctly: 32 subjects had underestimation and 20 subjects had overestimation of body weight. Significant differences were found among subjects in the three groups of different accuracy of body weight perception in terms of gender (p = 0.003), age (p = 0.003), education years (p = 0.047), WC (p
KW - Accuracy of body weight perception
KW - Chinese American
KW - Obesity
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U2 - 10.1016/j.orcp.2015.04.004
DO - 10.1016/j.orcp.2015.04.004
M3 - Article
C2 - 25937164
AN - SCOPUS:84928740556
SN - 1871-403X
VL - 10
SP - S48-S56
JO - Obesity Research and Clinical Practice
JF - Obesity Research and Clinical Practice
ER -
