Self-Reported Weight Loss Practices Among African American and Hispanic Adults in the United States

To describe weight loss methods used and interactions with health care professionals on the issue of weight among African Americans and Hispanics. Five hundred thirty-seven African American and 526 Hispanic adults who self-described as being overweight participated in a telephone interview. Exercise...

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Published inJournal of the National Medical Association Vol. 102; no. 6; pp. 469 - 480
Main Authors Burroughs, Valentine J., Nonas, Cathy, Sweeney, Christine T., Rohay, Jeffrey M., Harkins, Andrea M., Kyle, Theodore K., Burton, Steven L.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, DC Elsevier Inc 01.06.2010
National Medical Association
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
African Americans
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
body weight
Female
General aspects
Hispanic Americans
Humans
Incidence
Internal Medicine
Male
Medical sciences
Metabolic diseases
Middle Aged
Obesity
Overweight - ethnology
Overweight - prevention & control
Patient Education as Topic - methods
race/ethnicity
Retrospective Studies
United States - epidemiology
Weight Loss
Young Adult
United States
North America
America
body weight
obesity
race/ethnicity
Human
Obesity
Ethnic origin
Self evaluation
Body weight
Nutrition disorder
Weight loss
Corporal biometry
Latinamerican
Ethnic group
Medicine
Professional practice
Race
Adult
Hispanic
Nutritional status
African American
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ISSN0027-9684
1943-4693
DOI10.1016/S0027-9684(15)30554-X

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Summary:To describe weight loss methods used and interactions with health care professionals on the issue of weight among African Americans and Hispanics. Five hundred thirty-seven African American and 526 Hispanic adults who self-described as being overweight participated in a telephone interview. Exercise and healthy eating were the 2 most commonly used weight loss methods among both groups; prescription medications were the least-utilized weight loss aid. Forty-one percent of African Americans and 35% of Hispanics reported having been advised to lose weight by a health care professional. Do-it-yourself approaches to weight loss predominate among African Americans and Hispanics; formal assistance is rarely used. Physician advice on weight loss is suboptimal.
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ISSN:0027-9684
1943-4693
DOI:10.1016/S0027-9684(15)30554-X