Sares-Jäske , L , Knekt , P , Männistö , S , Lindfors , O & Heliövaara , M 2019 , ' Self-Report Dieters : Who Are They? ' , Nutrients , vol. 11 , no. 8 , 1789 . https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11081789
Title: | Self-Report Dieters : Who Are They? |
Author: | Sares-Jäske, Laura; Knekt, Paul; Männistö, Satu; Lindfors, Olavi; Heliövaara, Markku |
Contributor organization: | Department of Public Health University of Helsinki |
Date: | 2019-08 |
Language: | eng |
Number of pages: | 21 |
Belongs to series: | Nutrients |
ISSN: | 2072-6643 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11081789 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10138/306594 |
Abstract: | Dieting attempts have become popular worldwide. Dieting, however, seems to have both positive and negative health-related consequences. So far, only a few studies have focused on the determinants of dieting in detail. This study explores the association between self-report dieting attempts and intentional weight loss (IWL) during the previous year and several demographic, lifestyle, health, and psychological factors in a cross-sectional study design using data from the representative Finnish Health 2000 Survey. The sample comprised 2147 men and 2378 women, aged 30-69. Information for potential determinants was assembled via health examinations, interviews, and questionnaires. Approximately 24% of the men and 39% of the women reported dieting attempts and 10% of the men and 15% of the women reported IWL. Dieting attempts were associated with younger age, education, BMI, formerly smoking, more favourable values in lifestyle variables, and unfavorable values in serum HDL and triglycerides, a worse sense of coherence, concerns about one's appearance, and concerns about one's health. Among men, diabetics and those sleeping |
Subject: |
dieting attempts
intentional weight loss determinants obesity WEIGHT-LOSS ATTEMPTS FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE BODY-MASS INDEX LOSE WEIGHT LOSS STRATEGIES METABOLIC SYNDROME PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY US ADULTS OBESITY RISK 3143 Nutrition |
Peer reviewed: | Yes |
Rights: | cc_by |
Usage restriction: | openAccess |
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