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Socio-economic differences in weight-control behaviours and barriers to weight control
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Siu, Jessica Giskes, Katrina Turrell, Gavin |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Description | Objective To examine socio-economic differences in weight-control behaviours (WCB) and barriers to weight control. Design A cross-sectional study. Setting Data were obtained by means of a postal questionnaire. Subjects A total of 1013 men and women aged 45–60 years residing in Brisbane, Australia (69·8 % response rate). Results Binary and multinomial logistic regression analyses were performed, adjusted for age, gender and BMI. Socio-economically disadvantaged groups were less likely to engage in weight control (OR for lowest income quartile = 0·60, 95 % CI 0·39, 0·94); among those who engaged in weight control, the disadvantaged group had a likelihood of 0·52 (95 % CI 0·30, 0·90) of adopting exercise strategies, including moderate (OR = 0·56, 95 % CI 0·33, 0·96) and vigorous (OR = 0·47, 95 % CI 0·25, 0·89) physical activities, compared with their more-advantaged counterparts. However, lower socio-economic groups were more likely to decrease their sitting time to control their weight compared with their advantaged counterparts (OR for secondary school or lower education = 1·78, 95 % CI 1·11, 2·84). They were also more likely to believe that losing weight was expensive, not of high priority, required a lot of cooking skills and involved eating differently from others in the household. Conclusions Marked socio-economic inequalities existed with regard to engaging in WCB, the type of weight-control strategies used and the perceived barriers to weight control; these differences are consistent with socio-economic gradients in weight status. These factors may need to be included in health promotion strategies that address socio-economic inequalities in weight status, as well as inequalities in weight-related health outcomes. |
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| Ending Page | 1778 |
| Page Count | 11 |
| Starting Page | 1768 |
| ISSN | 13689800 |
| e-ISSN | 14752727 |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1368980011000644 |
| Journal | Public Health Nutrition |
| Issue Number | 10 |
| Volume Number | 14 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
| Publisher Date | 2011-10-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Public Health Nutrition Sport Sciences Weight Control control Strategies control Behaviours economic Position |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Nutrition and Dietetics Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health |
