PMID- 10102255
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19990517
LR  - 20191103
IS  - 1071-7323 (Print)
IS  - 1071-7323 (Linking)
VI  - 7
IP  - 2
DP  - 1999 Mar
TI  - Weight control behaviors among adult men and women: cause for concern?
PG  - 179-88
AB  - OBJECTIVES: To examine gender differences in weight control behaviors; their 
      duration and the consistency of their use over a 3-year period; and variations of 
      these behaviors by body mass index (BMI). RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES: The 
      study population included 714 women and 229 men participating in a 
      community-based weight gain prevention program who completed surveys about their 
      weight control behaviors annually for 3 years. General dieting behaviors (e.g., 
      current, regular, and past dieting), dietary restraint (using Restrained Eating 
      subscale of the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire), and specific weight control 
      practices (e.g., increasing exercise, skipping meals, and taking laxatives) were 
      assessed. RESULTS: Women were more likely than men to report weight control 
      behaviors, with particularly strong associations found between gender and 
      "history of dieting" (odds ratio = 8.1) and "participation in an organized weight 
      loss program" (odds ratio = 11.7). Among both genders, exercise was the most 
      frequently reported specific weight loss practice (66% of women and 53% of men), 
      followed by decreasing fat intake (62% of women and 48% of men). The use of at 
      least one unhealthy weight control behavior over the past year was reported by 
      22% of the women and 17% of the men. Gender differences were not found for 
      duration of use of most of the specific weight control practices over the past 
      year, or for consistency of general dieting behaviors and dietary restraint over 
      time. Although both gender and BMI were strongly associated with dieting 
      behaviors, interactions between gender and BMI on prevalence rates of dieting 
      were not significant. DISCUSSION: Although weight control behaviors were more 
      prevalent among women than men, in general, large gender differences were not 
      found in the types of behaviors used and the duration and consistency of their 
      use. The high percentages of adults using healthy methods of weight control was 
      encouraging. However, there is still cause for concern, in that unhealthy weight 
      control practices were also reported by a significant percentage of the 
      population.
FAU - Neumark-Sztainer, D
AU  - Neumark-Sztainer D
AD  - Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, 
      Minneapolis 55454, USA.
FAU - Sherwood, N E
AU  - Sherwood NE
FAU - French, S A
AU  - French SA
FAU - Jeffery, R W
AU  - Jeffery RW
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Obes Res
JT  - Obesity research
JID - 9305691
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Behavior
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - *Body Weight
MH  - Diet, Fat-Restricted
MH  - Diet, Reducing
MH  - Educational Status
MH  - Exercise
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Sex Characteristics
MH  - *Weight Loss
EDAT- 1999/04/02 00:00
MHDA- 1999/04/02 00:01
CRDT- 1999/04/02 00:00
PHST- 1999/04/02 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1999/04/02 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1999/04/02 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1999.tb00700.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Obes Res. 1999 Mar;7(2):179-88. doi: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1999.tb00700.x.