TY - JOUR
T1 - Attitudes regarding overweight, exercise, and health among Blacks (United States)
AU - Bennett, Gary G.
AU - Wolin, Kathleen Y.
AU - Goodman, Melody
AU - Samplin-Salgado, Michelle
AU - Carter, Patricia
AU - Dutton, Sarah
AU - Hill, Retha
AU - Emmons, Karen
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements We gratefully acknowledge the efforts of Sandy Askew and Jodi Anna Saia-Witte for their assistance with the preparation of this manuscript. This research was supported by Grant #5 P01 CA75308 from the National Institutes of Health and support to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute by Liberty Mutual, National Grid, and the Patterson Fellowship Fund. G.G. Bennett is also supported by an award from the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center. K.Y. Wolin was supported, in part, by a National Cancer Institute training grant (5 T32 CA09001-28).
PY - 2006/2
Y1 - 2006/2
N2 - Objective: To investigate Blacks'views regarding the connections among overweight, exercise, and health. Methods: A national randomized telephone survey of 986 US Blacks, conducted between 6 July 2004 and 15 July 2004. Results: The majority (65%) of respondents reported their weight as average or underweight. Most participants also reported being regularly physically active in the last month (84.5%). The majority of participants reported believing that it is possible to be overweight and healthy. Most acknowledged the connection between exercise and health, and just over half of respondents identified the association between overweight and cancer risk. There was little sociodemographic variation in responses, although findings differed by self-reported overweight and physical activity. Conclusions: Some Blacks may underestimate the extent of their overweight, perhaps resulting from the high prevalence of the condition in the population. Gaps exist in Blacks' recognition of the connection between weight and health, although the importance of exercise for health promotion was widely acknowledged. These data may highlight an important target for intervention attention.
AB - Objective: To investigate Blacks'views regarding the connections among overweight, exercise, and health. Methods: A national randomized telephone survey of 986 US Blacks, conducted between 6 July 2004 and 15 July 2004. Results: The majority (65%) of respondents reported their weight as average or underweight. Most participants also reported being regularly physically active in the last month (84.5%). The majority of participants reported believing that it is possible to be overweight and healthy. Most acknowledged the connection between exercise and health, and just over half of respondents identified the association between overweight and cancer risk. There was little sociodemographic variation in responses, although findings differed by self-reported overweight and physical activity. Conclusions: Some Blacks may underestimate the extent of their overweight, perhaps resulting from the high prevalence of the condition in the population. Gaps exist in Blacks' recognition of the connection between weight and health, although the importance of exercise for health promotion was widely acknowledged. These data may highlight an important target for intervention attention.
KW - Blacks/African Americans
KW - Body weight
KW - Physical activity
KW - Risk reduction behavior
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U2 - 10.1007/s10552-005-0412-5
DO - 10.1007/s10552-005-0412-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 16411058
AN - SCOPUS:30544444834
SN - 0957-5243
VL - 17
SP - 95
EP - 101
JO - Cancer Causes and Control
JF - Cancer Causes and Control
IS - 1
ER -