Accuracy of self-reported body weight, height and waist circumference in a Dutch overweight working population

Dekkers, J. Caroline; Wier, Matthew; Hendriksen, Ingrid J.M.; Twisk, Jos W. R.; Mechelen, Willem van

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“…Isso pode ter aumentado a acurácia dos dados por eles fornecidos. Além disso, diversos estudos têm feito uso de medidas autorreferidas com população em geral, como é o caso do VIGITEL, e com trabalhadores [50,51], demonstrado a sua validade. Trata-se de um estudo transversal onde a doença e a exposição foram avaliadas concomitantemente, o que dificulta avaliar se a privação de sono levou a obesidade ou a obesidade induziu a distúrbios de sono.…”

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Associação entre privação do sono e obesidade em trabalhadores

Benvegnú¹,

Maffessoni²,

Fernandes³

et al. 2016

Sci Med

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Este artigo está licenciado sob forma de uma licença Creative Commons Atribuição 4.0 Internacional, que permite uso irrestrito, distribuição e reprodução em qualquer meio, desde que a publicação original seja corretamente citada. ABSTRACT Aims:To study the association between sleep deprivation and obesity among workers. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of workers at a notebooks manufacturing in southern Brazil, which has three sectors of work (production line, back office and logistics), and the production sector works 24 hours a day. Demographic, socioeconomic, occupational and behavioral characteristics were obtained by a self-completion questionnaire, standardized and pre-tested. Weight and height measurements were self-reported and body mass index calculated. The cutoff point for obesity was ≥30 kg/m². Sleep duration was categorized into at least six hours a day and less than six hours a day (sleep deprivation). For bivariate analysis, chi-square test and test for linear trend were used. The crude and adjusted odds ratios were calculated using Poisson regression. Results:The final sample consisted of 193 workers, with a mean age of 34±11 years, 99 (51%) women. The prevalence of obesity was 27 (13.98%), and the prevalence of sleep deprivation was 40 (20.7%). Sleep deprivation has been associated with the production sector (p=0.011), the night shift (p<0.001) and physical inactivity (p=0.003). The presence of obesity was associated with sleep deprivation (p=0.006). After controlling for potential confounding factors, the likelihood of being obese was 2.37 (95% CI 1.08 to 5.21) times higher among workers in sleep deprivation. Conclusions:The results showed an association between sleep deprivation and obesity. In addition, sleep deprivation was associated with work on the night shift.

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Associação entre privação do sono e obesidade em trabalhadores

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“…with open response options in pounds or kilograms (women who indicated they did not want to lose weight thus entered a "0" for desired amount of weight loss). Studies have shown such strong concordance between measured and self-reported body weight (e.g., Craig and Adams 2009;Dekkers et al 2008;Spencer et al 2002), that some researchers suggest that self-reported weight is "remarkably accurate … and may obviate the need for measured weights in epidemiological investigations" (Stunkard andAlbaum 1981, pp. 1593).…”

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Envy Mediates the Link Between Social Comparison and Appearance Enhancement in Women

Arnocky

Perilloux

Cloud

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Evolutionary Psychological Science

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Envy has recently been considered from an evolutionary perspective as an emotion which might motivate compensatory action following unfavorable social comparisons. In two studies, the role of envy in women's motivation to enhance their physical appearance was examined. Study 1 explored the mediating role of dispositional envy on the relationship between social comparison and women's resource spending on appearanceenhancing products, desired weight loss, and tanning intention in a cross-sectional sample of undergraduate women (N=188). Controlling for age and self-perceived mate-value, results revealed that social comparison significantly predicted all three dependent variables, with mediation effects of envy on desired weight loss, consumer spending, and tanning intentions. Study 2 replicated and extended these findings via an experimental social comparison priming procedure. Women (N=90) who made social comparisons toward attractive women in magazine advertisements (N=45) reported greater state envy relative to women viewing advertisements featuring a product only (N=45). Moreover, induced state envy subsequently predicted greater willingness to use facial cosmetics and to take a risky diet pill, and increased positive attitudes toward cosmetic surgery. These results support the role of envy, activated by unfavorable social comparisons, in motivating compensatory competitive appearance enhancement behaviors.

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“…Several studies report that in western societies, where tallness and leanness are socially desirable, heavier participants tend to overreport height and underreport weight, resulting in an underestimated BMI (Cullum et al, 2003;Gorber et al, 2007). There are only a few small studies, which have examined the accuracy of SR waist or hip circumferences (Spencer et al, 2004;Dekkers et al, 2008). There is also evidence that error in SR measurements is differential and is influenced by actual body size and certain demographic factors (Gunnell et al, 2000;Spencer et al, 2002).…”

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Effects of body size and sociodemographic characteristics on differences between self-reported and measured anthropometric data in middle-aged men and women: the EPIC-Norfolk study

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Keogh

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Eur J Clin Nutr

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Background/Objectives: To investigate the effects of body size and sociodemographic characteristics on differences between self-reported (SR) and measured anthropometric data in men and women. Subjects/Methods: This study comprises 9933 men and 11 856 women aged 39-79 years at baseline survey (1993)(1994)(1995)(1996)(1997) in the EPIC-Norfolk study (Norfolk arm of the European Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition Study). The effects of sex, measured height, weight, age group, educational level and social class on differences between SR and measured weight, height, body mass index (BMI), waist, hip and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) were examined. Results: There were systematic differences between SR and measured anthropometric measurements by sex, measured height, weight and sociodemographic characteristics. Height was overestimated in both sexes while weight, waist, hip, and consequently, BMI and WHR were underestimated. Being male, shorter, heavier, older, and having no educational qualifications and manual occupation were independently associated with overreporting of height, and underreporting of weight was associated independently with being female, shorter, heavier, younger age, and higher education level and social class. Underreporting of waist circumference was strongly associated with being female and higher measured waist circumference, while underreporting of hip circumference was associated with being male and higher measured hip circumference. Furthermore, there was substantial degree of misclassification of BMI and waist circumference categories for both general and central obesity associated with SR data. Conclusions: These findings suggest that errors in SR anthropometric data, especially waist and hip circumference are influenced by actual body size as well as sociodemographic characteristics. These systematic differences may influence associations between SR anthropometric measures and health outcomes in epidemiological studies.

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Accuracy of self-reported body weight, height and waist circumference in a Dutch overweight working population

Cited by 204 publications

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Associação entre privação do sono e obesidade em trabalhadores

Associação entre privação do sono e obesidade em trabalhadores

Envy Mediates the Link Between Social Comparison and Appearance Enhancement in Women

Effects of body size and sociodemographic characteristics on differences between self-reported and measured anthropometric data in middle-aged men and women: the EPIC-Norfolk study

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