HALO Scientist Dr. Jean-Philippe Chaput is one of the authors on a paper, “Racial/ethnic differences in body weight perception among U.S. college students,” that was recently published in the Journal of American College Health. Citation details and a summary of the paper are below.

Lee J, Sa J, Chaput JP, Seo DC, Samuel T. Racial/ethnic differences in body weight perception among U.S. college students. J Am Coll Health. 2018 Jul;66(5):429-437.
 

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To examine racial/ethnic differences in weight perception by sex among U.S. college students. PARTICIPANTS: a national sample (N = 70,267) of college students selected from 2- and 4-year postsecondary institutions (N = 62) during the Fall semester from 2011 to 2014. METHODS: This is a secondary data analysis using 4 years of American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment IIb data. Sex-stratified multinomial logistic regression was performed to investigate racial/ethnic differences in body weight perception. RESULTS: Compared with non-Hispanic whites, non-Hispanic black men and women were more likely to underestimate their body weight (p < .01). Asian men and women were more likely to overestimate their body weight than non-Hispanic whites (p < .001). CONCLUSIONS: Weight-related interventions should take into account racial/ethnic differences in body weight perception.