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Ver términos de la licenciaMoral de la Rubia, José, et al. (2013). Causal attribution of overweight/obesity and its relation to BMI and eating alteration. Revista Mexicana de Trastornos Alimentarios; Vol. 4, Núm. 2, 2013; 89-101. Recuperado de https://repositorio.unam.mx/contenidos/25540
Autor(es)
Moral de la Rubia, José; Meza Peña, Cecilia
Tipo
Artículo de Investigación
Área del conocimiento
Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud
Título
Causal attribution of overweight/obesity and its relation to BMI and eating alteration
Fecha
2013-12-02
Resumen
The aims of this paper were 1) to describe the differences in causal attributions of overweight or obesity in two groups of women, one with overweight or obesity and the another with normal weight or underweight, and 2) to generate predictive models for three criterion variables one dichotomous criterion variable (having or not overweight/obesity), and two continuous criterion variables (body mass index [BMI] and eating alteration). A quota sample with two BMI groups of 217 women (107 with BMI < 25 and 110 with BMI ≥ 25) from Monterrey (Mexico) was collected. The Overeating Questionnaire (O’Donnell & Warren, 2007) was used to measure eating alteration. The condition of overweight/obesity was attributed mainly to putative aspects to the person bad habits, lack of exercise, consumption of fast food, and lack of will. Three factors were defined from the inter-correlation of causal attributions dietetic-nutritional, medical and psychological causes. The attributions and their factors were differential, and allowed to predict the dichotomous variable of having o not overweight/obesity, and the continuous variables of BMI and eating alteration. The socioeconomic status correlated to having overweight/obesity and higher BMI, but was independent of educational level. It is sugges- ted that professionals and socio-health and educational institutions persist in the social communication about obesity causes, since this communication influences social representation, which will facilitate the processes of change during intervention
Tema
Overweight; obesity; causal attribution; BMI; women; Mexico; Sobrepeso; obesidad; atribución causal; IMC; mujeres; México
Idioma
spa
ISSN
ISSN impreso: 2007-1523
