Herrera-Espiñeira, CarmenLópez-Morales, ManuelOlmedo-Alguacil, María MilagrosaMartínez-Cirre, María Del CarmenLozano-Sánchez, AntoniaCobo-Porcel, InmaculadaExpósito-Ruíz, Manuela2025-01-072025-01-072021-10-26https://hdl.handle.net/10668/26401Overweight can be an additional problem in patients admitted to hospital. To analyze gender differences in pre-admission dietary habits and physical exercise and in HRQoL at hospital discharge among hospitalized adults with overweight. Cross-sectional study in non-diabetic patients enrolled in a clinical trial with body mass index (BMI) ≥ 25 Kg/m2 at admission. Bivariate analyses used Pearson's chi-square test and Fisher's exact test for qualitative variables and the Mann-Whitney test for numerical variables. The study included 148 males and 127 females. At admission, women had higher BMI (p = 0.016) than men and a larger percentage consumed drugs for depression (p = 0.030) and anxiety (p = 0.049), and followed a religion-based diet (p = 0.022). Pre-admission, women had healthier habits related to dietary caloric intake (p = 0.009) and greater adherence to recommendations for a healthy diet (p = 0.001). At discharge, women described worse self-perceived health (p = 0.044) and greater pain/discomfort (p = 0.004) in comparison to men. Pre-admission, women had better habits related to a healthy diet and did not differ from men in habits related to physical exercise but had a higher BMI. At discharge, women reported worse self-perceived health and greater pain/discomfort. These differences should be considered for the adequate clinical management of patients with overweight.enAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/exercisefood habitsinternal medicinemenoverweightpatientsquality of lifewomenAdultBody Mass IndexCross-Sectional StudiesDietExerciseFeeding BehaviorFemaleHumansMaleObesityOverweightQuality of Liferesearch article34769772open access10.3390/ijerph1821112551660-4601PMC8582794https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/21/11255/pdf?version=1635399234https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8582794/pdf