scholarly journals Body Mass Index and Subjective Social Status: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study

Obesity ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 426-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily J. Dhurandhar ◽  
Gregory Pavela ◽  
Kathryn A. Kaiser ◽  
Gareth R. Dutton ◽  
Kevin R. Fontaine ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Subjective Social Status

scholarly journals Subjective Social Status Is Associated with Dysregulated Eating Behaviors and Greater Body Mass Index in an Urban Predominantly Black and Low-Income Sample

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 3893
Author(s):  
Monika M. Stojek ◽  
Paulina Wardawy ◽  
Charles F. Gillespie ◽  
Jennifer S. Stevens ◽  
Abigail Powers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Emotional Eating ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Small Sample Size ◽  
Food Addiction ◽  
Subjective Social Status ◽  
Small Sample

Background: Higher subjective social status (SSS) or a person’s perception of their social standing is related to better health outcomes, but few studies examined SSS in relation to obesity. Emotional eating and food addiction have been linked to obesity. Some studies indicated that manipulating SSS may lead to altered food intake, but the relationship between SSS and dysregulated eating, such as emotional eating and food addiction (FA), has not been examined. The goal of this study was to examine the associations between SSS in the community and the larger society, dysregulated eating (emotional eating and FA), and body mass index (BMI) in a majority racial minority sample. Methods: The participants (N = 89; 93% Black, 86% women, and 56% with obesity; 72% income lower than USD 2000), recruited from a publicly funded hospital in Atlanta, GA, completed the MacArthur Scale, Dutch Eating Behaviors Questionnaire, Yale Food Addiction Scale, Beck Depression Inventory, PTSD Symptom Checklist, and demographics questionnaire. Results: Twenty-two percent of the sample met the criteria for FA; those with FA had significantly higher BMI than those without (p = 0.018). In the hierarchical linear regression, the SSS community (but not in society) predicted higher severity of emotional eating (β = 0.26, p = 0.029) and FA (β = 0.30, p = 0.029), and higher BMI (β = 0.28, p = 0.046), independent from depression and PTSD symptoms. Conclusions: The findings indicate that, among Black individuals with predominantly low income in the U.S., perceived role in their community is associated with eating patterns and body mass. Given the small sample size, the results should be interpreted with caution.

scholarly journals Health-Related Behaviors in Adolescents Mediate the Association between Subjective Social Status and Body Mass Index

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (19) ◽  
pp. 7307
Author(s):  
Asborg A. Bjertnaes ◽  
Catherine Schwinger ◽  
Petur B. Juliusson ◽  
Tor A. Strand ◽  
Mads N. Holten-Andersen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Latent Variable ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Subjective Social Status ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Unhealthy Behavior ◽  
Health Related Behaviors ◽  
Health Related

The aim of this study was to explore the association between adolescent subjective social status (SSS) and body mass index (BMI) at two different time points and to determine whether this association was mediated by health-related behaviors. In 2002 (n = 1596) and 2017 (n = 1534), tenth-grade students (15–16 years old) in schools in the District of Oppland, Norway, completed a survey. Four categories of perceived family economy were measured as SSS, and structural equation modeling was performed, including a latent variable for unhealthy behavior derived from cigarette smoking, snuff-use, and alcohol-drinking as well as dietary and exercise as mediators. No linear association was found between SSS and BMI in 2002 (standardized ß −0.02, (95% confidence interval (CI) −0.07, 0.03)). However, an association was present in 2017 (standardized ß −0.05 (95% CI −0.10, −0.001)), indicating that BMI decreased by 0.05 standard deviations (0.05 × 3.1 = 0.16 BMI unit) for every one-category increase in SSS. This association was mediated by exercise (standardized ß −0.013 (95% CI −0.02, −0.004) and unhealthy behavior (standardized ß −0.009 (95% CI −0.002, −0.04)). In conclusion, a direct association between SSS and BMI was found in 2017 in this repeated cross-sectional survey of 15–16-year-old Norwegian adolescents. This association was mediated through health-related behavior.

Usefulness of the Framingham risk score and body mass index to predict early coronary artery calcium in young adults (Muscatine Study)

2001 ◽  
Vol 88 (5) ◽  
pp. 509-515 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry T Mahoney ◽  
Trudy L Burns ◽  
William Stanford ◽  
Brad H Thompson ◽  
John D Witt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Risk Score ◽  
Coronary Artery Calcium ◽  
Framingham Risk Score ◽  
Framingham Risk

Body Mass Index and Memory Function in Young Adults

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitchell Metzger ◽  
Morgan Myers ◽  
Emily Embrescia ◽  
David F. Vanata
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Memory Function
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