ArticleInternational journal of public health2019
Public beliefs about causes of obesity in the USA and in Germany.
Article in International journal of public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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Abstract
objectivesDifferences in public beliefs about causes of obesity between the USA and Germany are analyzed. We additionally examine the relevance of social characteristics of individuals with obesity for causal attributions in the two countries.
methodsNational telephone surveys were conducted in both countries (total sample = 2802). Vignettes describing a person with obesity were used and varied according to gender, migration status, and occupational position. Beliefs about causes of obesity were assessed by 12 items, representing four dimensions ('sociocultural causes', 'behavior-related causes', 'somatic and psychological causes,' and 'educational and financial causes').
resultsRespondents from the USA more strongly support sociocultural as well as educational and financial causes of obesity. When the person with obesity has a low occupational position or is a migrant, sociocultural causes are considered more important, whereas agreement to behavioral as well as somatic and psychological factors is less pronounced.
conclusionsIn the USA, external causal attributions (i.e., causes that are beyond individual's control) seem to play a more important role than in Germany. In both countries, public causal beliefs about obesity vary according to social characteristics of the person afflicted.
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