Beliefs about Causes and Consequences of Obesity among Women in Two Mexican Cities

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AudienciaPúblico en generales_ES
CoberturaMéxicoes_ES
Fecha de ingreso2026-10-05T16:32:54Z
Fecha de publicación2012-01-01
ResumenPersonal beliefs might be barriers to the prevention and treatment of obesity. To assess the beliefs about causes and consequences of and possible solutions to obesity among 18-40 years old women in two Mexican cities and to analyze the association with demographic variables, we developed a questionnaire and assessed the women's weight status. The questionnaire was applied at two outpatient healthcare centres and assessed the responses by the Likert scale. Results were analyzed by demographics, using the chi-square and Spearman correlations. One thousand one hundred adult women participated in the study. Mean age was 27.8 years, and mean BMI (kg/m(2)) was 27.05. The prevalence of overweight and obesity was 35\% and 24\% respectively. The most mentioned causes of obesity were eating oil and fat (4.1), fried foods (4.1), and eating too much (4.00). The most reported consequences were diseases (4.1), discrimination (3.9), and early death (3.7). The main solutions were physical activity (4.2), healthful eating (4.2), and personal motivation (4.1). Age of participants higher than 30 years, living with a partner, having more than 6 years of education, and having overweight and obesity were predictors of more knowledge about the causes, consequences, and solutions. These Mexican women from low SES had reasonably good knowledge about the causes and consequences of obesity. Although improving education might be beneficial to prevent obesity, changes in environmental contingencies are also necessary to prevent this epidemic.es_ES
URIhttps://riuat.uat.edu.mx/handle/123456789/4736
Idiomaenes_ES
EditorialBMCes_ES
RelaciónJournal of Health, Population and Nutritiones_ES
DerechosAcceso restringido / Suscripción (Metadatos de producción científica)es_ES
Licenciahttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16eces_ES
FuenteJournal of Health, Population and Nutrition
Palabra claveBeliefses_ES
Palabra claveCauseses_ES
Palabra claveConsequenceses_ES
Palabra claveObesityes_ES
Palabra claveTreatmentes_ES
Palabra claveMexicoes_ES
TítuloBeliefs about Causes and Consequences of Obesity among Women in Two Mexican Citieses_ES
TipoArtículoes_ES
ArbitradoHa sido Arbitradoes_ES
AutorJimenez-Cruz, Arturo
AutorMartinez de Escobar-Aznar, Yolanda
AutorCastillo-Ruiz, Octelina
AutorGonzalez-Ramirez, Raul
AutorBacardi-Gascon, Montserrat
AutorJimenez-Cruz, Arturoes_ES
AutorMartinez de Escobar-Aznar, Yolandaes_ES
AutorCastillo-Ruiz, Octelinaes_ES
AutorGonzalez-Ramirez, Raules_ES
AutorBacardi-Gascon, Montserrates_ES
InstituciónUniversidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
InstituciónUniversidad Autónoma de Tamaulipases_ES
Número3es_ES
Rango de páginas311-316es_ES
Tipo de artículoIndexado
Tipo de artículoIndexadoes_ES
Volumen30es_ES

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