Sylvia Guendelman1, Miranda Lucia Ritterman-Weintraub1, Lia C Haskin Fernald1, Martha Kaufer-Horwitz2. 1. Berkeley School of Public Health, University of California, California, USA. 2. Departamento de Endocrinología y Metabolismo, Clínica de Obesidad y Trastornos de la Conducta Alimentaria, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, México, D.F., México, 14000, marthakaufer@aol.com.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To examine actual and perceived weight in national cohorts of Mexican-origin adult men in Mexico and the United States (US). MATERIALS AND METHODS: We used the 2001-06 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and the 2006 Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey. RESULTS: The prevalence of overweight or obesity (OO) in Mexicans was 65% and in Mexican-Americans was 72%. OO Mexican-American men were more likely than OO Mexican men (56 vs. 49%) to perceive themselves as "overweight". Among OO men from both populations, those who had been screened for OO by a health provider were almost seven times more likely to have accurate weight perceptions. Only 9% of OO men in Mexico and 25% in the US recalled having been screened for weight. CONCLUSION: Weight misperceptions were common in both populations but more prevalent in Mexico; low screening by providers may contribute to poor weight control in both countries.
OBJECTIVE: To examine actual and perceived weight in national cohorts of Mexican-origin adult men in Mexico and the United States (US). MATERIALS AND METHODS: We used the 2001-06 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and the 2006 Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey. RESULTS: The prevalence of overweight or obesity (OO) in Mexicans was 65% and in Mexican-Americans was 72%. OO Mexican-American men were more likely than OO Mexican men (56 vs. 49%) to perceive themselves as "overweight". Among OO men from both populations, those who had been screened for OO by a health provider were almost seven times more likely to have accurate weight perceptions. Only 9% of OO men in Mexico and 25% in the US recalled having been screened for weight. CONCLUSION: Weight misperceptions were common in both populations but more prevalent in Mexico; low screening by providers may contribute to poor weight control in both countries.
Authors: Ana P Martinez-Donate; Niko Verdecias; Xiao Zhang; Gonzalez-Fagoaga Jesús Eduardo; Ahmed A Asadi-Gonzalez; Sylvia Guendelman; Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes; Gudelia Rangel Journal: Med Care Date: 2020-05 Impact factor: 2.983