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PSYCHOSOCIAL CORRELATES OF BODY MASS INDEX IN FOUR GROUPS OF QUEBEC ADULTS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2010

HUGUES PLOURDE ,
BERTRAND NOLIN ,
OLIVIER RECEVEUR  and
MARIELLE LEDOUX
HUGUES PLOURDE
Affiliation:
School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, McGill University, Quebec, Canada
BERTRAND NOLIN
Affiliation:
Direction recherche, formation et développement, Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Québec, Canada
OLIVIER RECEVEUR
Affiliation:
Département de nutrition, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
MARIELLE LEDOUX
Affiliation:
Département de nutrition, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Summary

The objective of the present analysis was to study the associations between body weight psychosocial correlates and body mass index (BMI) among four groups of adults in the Quebec population. Data were taken from the Social Lifestyles and Health 1998 Survey performed by the Institut de la Statistique du Québec (ISQ). The suggested guidelines of the ISQ were used to estimate the population's proportions and for statistical analysis. The groups studied were 25- to 44- and the 45- to 64-year-old men and women. In all groups, currently trying to lose weight increased the odds of reporting an excess weight. Better perceived eating habits was associated with lower BMI in most groups except in the 25- to 44-year-old women, where the trend was not significant. Higher number of physical activities related to transport and cigarette smoking were associated with lower BMI in both men groups. In both women groups, more frequent consumption of alcoholic beverages decreased significantly the odds of reporting excess body weight. A university degree was associated with a lower BMI only in the 25- to 44-year-old men. Regular practise of leisure time physical activity was associated with a lower BMI only in 45- to 64-year-old women. Opposite associations were observed between perceived health and BMI. In the 45- to 64-year-old men, better perceived health increased the odds of reporting an excess weight. Conversely, the odds of reporting excess weight decreased with better health in 25- to 44-year-old women. Many correlates differ between age group and sex. The identification of these factors illustrates the need to adapt obesity-related programmes toward specific sub-groups within the general population.

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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 42 , Issue 5 , September 2010 , pp. 601 - 618
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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