Association of body image dissatisfaction, behavioral responses for healthy eating, and cardiovascular health in African-American women with overweight or obesity: A preliminary study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

African-American (AA) women have the lowest prevalence of ideal categorizations of diet and body mass index (BMI), as defined by the American Heart Association (AHA) Life's Simple 7 (LS7) cardiovascular health (CVH) components compared to other racial/ethnic groups, regardless of sex/gender. There is limited research exploring the interplay of unique psychosocial influences on CVH such as body image dissatisfaction (BID) and behavioral responses for healthy eating among AA women with overweight or obesity.

Objective

This study aimed to assess the association of BID with behavioral responses for healthy eating and LS7 components.

Methods

A cross-sectional analysis of baseline data was conducted among 32 AA women with overweight or obesity from a larger, comm

SUBMITTER: Manjunath C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8487888 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature