Ethnic differences in weight loss behavior among secondary school students in Beirut: the role of weight perception |
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| Authors: | Abla Mehio-Sibai Nabil Kanaan Monique Chaaya Boushra Rahal Ahmad Abdullah Tarek Sibai |
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| Affiliation: | (1) CDC/CSTE Applied Epidemiology Fellowship Program, Division of Family and Community Health Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, Texas Department of State Health Services, MC 1922, P.O. Box 149347, Austin, TX 78714-9347, USA;(2) Division of Family and Community Health Services, Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, TX, USA;(3) Formerly National Cancer Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, Michael and Susan Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA;(4) Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, TX, USA;(5) Maternal and Child Health Program, Georgia Department of Public Health, Austin, TX, USA;(6) Michael and Susan Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living, University of Texas School of Public Health - Austin Regional Campus, Austin, TX, USA |
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| Abstract: | Objectives: Assessing the prevalence of weight loss attempts in Beirut, Lebanon, a country characterized by a diversity of ethnic and religious groups and examining the interplay between ethnicity, body mass index (BMI) and weight perception and their relationship to weight loss behavior.Methods: A school-based survey of risk behaviors conducted among secondary students (grade 10–12) in 1997. Subjects consisted of 827 boys and girls, aged 15 to 23 years, the majority of whom were Moslems (65.4%). Multiple logistic regression was used to estimate the association between ethnicity and weight perception with the likelihood of trying to lose weight controlling for BMI and a number of potential covariates. |
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