Correlations of Changes in Weight and Body Satisfaction for Obese Women Initiating Exercise: Assessing Effects of Ethnicity

2009 ◽  
Vol 105 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1072-1076 ◽  
Author(s):  
James J. Annesi
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
African American ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Body Satisfaction ◽  
Exercise Program ◽  
Moderate Exercise ◽  
Obese Women ◽  
Behavioral Weight Loss ◽  
Exercise Regimen ◽  
Behavioral Weight Loss Treatment

A significant relationship between changes in Body Mass Index and Body Areas Satisfaction scores was found for a sample of obese Euro-American ( n = 97), but not for African-American ( n = 79), women initiating a moderate exercise program. For the African-American women only, compliance with the assigned exercise regimen directly predicted change in Body Areas Satisfaction. Implications of ethnicity for behavioral weight loss treatment were discussed.

Body Satisfaction and Overall Mood: Effects of Race in Exercisers with Obesity

2010 ◽  
Vol 38 (8) ◽  
pp. 1105-1109 ◽  
Author(s):  
James J. Annesi ◽  
Srinivasa Gorjala
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Body Satisfaction ◽  
White Women ◽  
The Body ◽  
Obese Women ◽  
Comparable Group ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
The Impact

Body image in obese women is generally poor, and may be affected by race/ethnicity. The impact of exercise is unclear. White and African American women who were obese started on a supported exercise and nutrition education program for weight reduction. The body satisfaction of the African American participants was significantly more favorable at baseline than the comparable group of White women. For all participants, body satisfaction was significantly related to overall mood, both at baseline, and in its significant improvements over six months. Race/ethnicity did not influence those relationships. Extensions of this research may improve theory and, ultimately, treatments.

Treatment-Associated Changes in Body Composition, Health Behaviors, and Mood as Predictors of Change in Body Satisfaction in Obese Women

2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 633-641 ◽  
Author(s):  
James J. Annesi ◽  
Gisèle A. Tennant ◽  
Nicole Mareno
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Body Composition ◽  
African American ◽  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Body Satisfaction ◽  
Multiple Regression Equation ◽  
Obese Women ◽  
Behavioral Factors ◽  
Race Ethnicity

A lack of satisfaction with one’s body is common among women with obesity, often prompting unhealthy “dieting.” Beyond typically slow improvements in weight and body composition, behavioral factors might also affect change in body satisfaction. Age and race/ethnicity (African American vs. White) might moderate such change. Obese women ( N = 246; Mage = 43 years; MBMI = 39 kg/m2) initiating a 6-month cognitive-behaviorally based physical activity and nutrition treatment were assessed on possible predictors of body satisfaction change. At baseline, African American and younger women had significantly higher body satisfaction. The treatment was associated with significant within-group improvements in mood, health behaviors (physical activity and fruit/vegetable intake), and body composition (waist circumference). A multiple regression analysis indicated that mood, health behavior, and body composition changes explained a significant 27% of the variance in body satisfaction change. Of these predictors, changes in mood (β = −.36, p < .001) and health behaviors (β = .18, p = .01) made significant, unique contributions to the variance in change in body satisfaction that was accounted for, while only the measure of actual physiological change (body composition) did not. Neither age nor race/ethnicity was a significant moderator when each was entered separately into the multiple regression equation. Practical implications for leveraging manageable changes in behavioral factors for improving body satisfaction were discussed.

scholarly journals Associations between fiber intake and Body Mass Index (BMI) among African-American women participating in a randomized weight loss and maintenance trial

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 48-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Buscemi ◽  
Oksana Pugach ◽  
Sparkle Springfield ◽  
Jiyeong Jang ◽  
Lisa Tussing-Humphreys ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Weight Loss ◽  
African American ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Fiber Intake ◽  
American Women

scholarly journals The Role of Enculturation, Racial Identity, and Body Mass Index in the Prediction of Body Dissatisfaction in African American Women

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-28
Author(s):  
Germine H. Awad ◽  
Susan Kashubeck-West ◽  
Rashanta A. Bledman ◽  
Angela D. Coker ◽  
Rebecca D. Stinson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
African American ◽  
Racial Identity ◽  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
African American Female ◽  
American Women

The purpose of the current study was to examine the role of enculturation and racial identity in the prediction of body dissatisfaction and weight preoccupation in a sample of African American women. Participants consisted of 278 African American female college students enrolled in a large Midwestern university who completed a racial identity measure, an African American enculturation measure, and body dissatisfaction measures. Simultaneous regression results suggested that preencounter self-hatred attitudes were the only racial identity dimension to significantly predict body dissatisfaction. In addition, the level of enculturation significantly predicted body dissatisfaction, suggesting that African American women who were highly enculturated experienced greater body dissatisfaction. Subsequent mediational analyses found that body mass index fully mediated the relationship between enculturation and body dissatisfaction for African American women. Greater enculturation was associated with a higher body mass index, which in turn predicted greater overweight preoccupation. Study implications are discussed.

scholarly journals The Association Between Body Mass Index and Presenting Symptoms in African American Women with Ovarian Cancer

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 571-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chioma O. Erondu ◽  
Anthony J. Alberg ◽  
Elisa V. Bandera ◽  
Jill Barnholtz-Sloan ◽  
Melissa Bondy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ovarian Cancer ◽  
Body Mass Index ◽  
African American ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
American Women ◽  
Presenting Symptoms
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