Extreme under-reporting of body weight by young adults with obesity: relation to social desirability
| Autor: | S. K. Brady, B. M. King, V. M. Cespedes, S. E. Joyner, K. S. Baughman, E. M. Abbott, L. R. Clement, Cynthia L. S. Pury, G. K. Burden, M. M. Clark |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Nutrition and Dietetics
business.industry Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Body weight medicine.disease Obesity 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Under-reporting Scale (social sciences) medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Young adult business Demography Social desirability |
| Zdroj: | Obesity Science & Practice. 4:129-133 |
| ISSN: | 2055-2238 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/osp4.153 |
| Popis: | Objective The objective of this study was to determine whether there is an association between under-reporting of body weight and social desirability as is found with self-reports of energy intake. Methods Twenty-seven lean individuals (mean body mass index ± standard deviation = 21.6 ± 2.0 kg m-2) and 26 individuals with obesity (mean body mass index = 35.4 ± 4.8 kg m-2) were e-mailed a questionnaire on which they had to state their body weight and conduct a home food inventory. The next day, research team members went to their homes to weigh the participants, conduct their own food inventory and administer the Marlowe-Crowne scale for social desirability. Results Among individuals with obesity, lower social desirability scores were associated with a greater degree of under-reporting body weight (r = +0.48, p 0.10). Nine individuals with obesity were extreme under-reporters (2.27 kg or more), and eight of these had social desirability scores in the bottom half of the Marlowe-Crowne scale (p |
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