"The mediating effect of perceiving close relatives as obese on obesity and weight control behavior score among adults: An exploratory cross-sectional study in Chongqing, China"

作者全名："Wu, Tingting; Liu, Weiwei; Chen, Yifan; Guo, Tian; Sun, Rong"

作者地址："[Wu, Tingting; Liu, Weiwei] Chongqing Coll Tradit Chinese Med, Chongqing, Peoples R China; [Wu, Tingting] Silla Univ, Coll Med & Life Sci, Dept Food & Nutr, Pusan, South Korea; [Liu, Weiwei] Chongqing Med Univ, Res Ctr Med & Social Dev, Chongqing, Peoples R China; [Liu, Weiwei] Chongqing Med Univ, Res Ctr Publ Hlth Secur, Sch Publ Hlth, Chongqing, Peoples R China; [Chen, Yifan] Shandong Univ, Cheeloo Coll Med, Ctr Hlth Management & Policy Res, Sch Publ Hlth, Jinan, Peoples R China; [Guo, Tian] Chongqing Hlth Educ Inst, Chongqing, Peoples R China; [Sun, Rong] Chongqing Med Univ, Affiliated Hosp 1, Dept Phys Examinat, Chongqing, Peoples R China"

通信作者："Sun, R (通讯作者)，Chongqing Med Univ, Affiliated Hosp 1, Dept Phys Examinat, Chongqing, Peoples R China."

来源：FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH

ESI学科分类：SOCIAL SCIENCES, GENERAL

WOS号：WOS:000888337000001

JCR分区：Q1

影响因子：5.2

年份：2022

卷号：10

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文献类型：Article

关键词：obesity; mediating effects; perceived obesity; close relatives; health behavior

摘要："Obesity is one of the most glaringly obvious, yet most neglected, public health problems the world is facing today. Individuals' self-perception of being overweight is essential to engaging in weight control behavior. This is the first exploratory study in Chongqing to assess the mediating effect of perceived obesity in close relatives on obesity and weight control behavior among adults. A cross-sectional study, including 3,7492 participants, was conducted in a healthcare center in Chongqing, China. For Kruskal-Wallis test analyses, logistic regression and Sobel-Goodman mediation tests were employed. Only 1.76% of participants (660) were medically identified as obese, and only 2.13% of participants (798) thought their close relatives were obese. Nearly one-third of the participants consumed more than double the daily recommended amount of meat. More than 85% of participants were physically inactive. Obesity was positively associated with obesity perception in close relatives (OR = 19.556, P < 0.001). The association between the respondent's obesity status and weight control behavior scores changed statistically significantly (beta = 0.594, P < 0.001). Individuals who perceived their close relatives as obese were more likely to engage in weight control behavior themselves (beta = 0.678, P = 0.001). The obesity perception in close relatives partially mediated the association between obesity and weight control behavior (ab = 0.141, SE = 0.03, 95% CI = 0.086, 0.198). Obese people are more likely to engage in weight control behaviors. The effect of individuals' obesity status on weight control behavior scores is partially mediated by the obesity perception in close relatives among the participants. Findings suggest that personal obesity status perceptions of close relatives might provide new weight management ideas for healthcare centers."

基金机构：Chongqing Education Science Planning Project and Curriculum Research on Emergency Prevention and Control of Epidemic Risk in Medical Colleges and Universities; Chongqing Science and Health Joint Medical Research Project; [2020-YQ-06]; [2022MSXM023]

基金资助正文：Funding This study was supported by the Chongqing Education Science Planning Project and Curriculum Research on Emergency Prevention and Control of Epidemic Risk in Medical Colleges and Universities (2020-YQ-06) and Chongqing Science and Health Joint Medical Research Project (Grant Number 2022MSXM023).