ArticleDiabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy2024
An Overview of Body Size Preference, Perception and Dissatisfaction in Sub-Saharan Africans Living in the United States.
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- Body Image Perception, Weight Status and Health Behaviours Among African Immigrant Women Living in Italy: A Cross-Sectional Comparative Study.Nutrients · 2026Article
- The relationships between figure rating scale, anthropometric measures, and cardiometabolic outcomes: the AADM study.Diabetes & metabolic syndrome · 2026Article
- An Examination of African Immigrants With Overweight or Obesity: Weight, Lifestyle Behaviors, and Body Image Following Immigration.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- African immigrants with type 2 diabetes present with three physiologic subtypes: implications for screening, diagnosis and treatment.BMJ open diabetes research & care · 2026Article
- Figure rating scales used in sub-Saharan africa for body image assessment: a scoping review.BMJ public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
Purpose: Body image affects health practices. With acculturation superimposed on globalization, 21st century body size preferences of African immigrants, one of the fasting growing populations in the United States, are unknown. Therefore, in African immigrants living in America we assessed: 1) body size preference; and 2) body size dissatisfaction. Methods: Participants chose two silhouettes from the Stunkard Figure Rating Scale: one for body size preference and one for perceived body size. Each silhouette corresponds to a BMI category: (a) Underweight: 1 and 2; (b) Normal weight: 3 and 4; (c) Overweight: 5, 6 and 7; (d) Obesity: 8 and 9. Dissatisfaction was defined as the difference between silhouette numbers for perceived and preferred body size. Results: Characteristics of the 412 participants were: women: 42% (174/412), age 40±11y (mean±SD), range 20-69 y, BMI 27.9±4.6, range 19.5-47.3 kg/m Conclusion: African immigrants prefer body sizes which are normal or overweight. However, and presumably attributable to the combined influence of globalization and acculturation, a worrisome fraction of African immigrants favor an underweight silhouette.
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