RT Journal Article
T1 Factors Accounting for Obesity and Its Perception among the Adult Spanish Population: Data from 1,000 Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviews.
A1 Lecube, Albert
A1 Sanchez, Enric
A1 Monereo, Susana
A1 Medina-Gomez, Gema
A1 Bellido, Diego
A1 Garcia-Almeida, Jose Manuel
A1 Martinez de Icaya, Purificacion
A1 Malagon, Maria Mar
A1 Goday, Albert
A1 Tinahones, Francisco J
K1 Computer-assisted telephone interviewing
K1 Lifestyle behaviors
K1 Obesity
K1 Self-perception
AB Our aim was to go deeper in the self-perception of weight and health status among the Spanish population, together with the connections of familiar relationships, physical activity practice, nutritional habits, and sleep patterns with the presence of obesity. A total of 1,000 subjects were enrolled in April 2017 in a representative adult Spanish population sample. Computer-assisted telephone interviewing was used and self-reported anthropometric data was obtained. The population was composed of 51.3% women, with a mean age of 48 (36-63) years and a BMI of 23.2 (20.3-26.6). Although only 17.7% of subjects with self-reported obesity exhibited the self-perception to suffer from obesity, they referred a bad (16%) or regular (47%) self-perceived health status. Subjects who considered themselves as people with overweight and obesity displayed a BMI of 30.5 (28.7-32.2) and 37.1 (34.8-41.5), respectively. The obesity group displayed the highest percentage (71.9%) of participants with some first-degree relative with overweight or obesity (p  The Spanish population has a low self-perception of obesity. Our data also reinforces the strong association between obesity and age, family interactions, usual snacking, and daily consumption of wine or beer.
PB S. Karger
YR 2020
FD 2020-04-21
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/15934
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/15934
LA en
NO Lecube A, Sánchez E, Monereo S, Medina-Gómez G, Bellido D, García-Almeida JM, et al. Factors Accounting for Obesity and Its Perception among the Adult Spanish Population: Data from 1,000 Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviews. Obes Facts. 2020;13(4):322-332
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RD Apr 10, 2025