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- Title
Relationships of Obesity-Related Behavior Patterns With Socioeconomic Status and Acculturation in Korean American Women.
- Authors
Jang, Myoungock; Jeon, Sangchoon; Nam, Soohyun; Song, Hee-Jung; Whittemore, Robin
- Abstract
There is limited understanding about the obesity-related behaviors of diet, physical activity, and sedentary behavior in Korean American women. The purpose of this study was to cluster obesity-related behavior patterns of Korean American women and to examine group differences in acculturation, socioeconomic status (SES), and body mass index (BMI). A secondary analysis from a cross-sectional study was conducted using two-step cluster analysis for clustering groups. A total of 137 Korean American women (M age = 42.7 years, SD = 3.9 years; M BMI = 23.1 kg/m2, SD = 3.1 kg/m2; 47.7% BMI ⩾ 23 kg/m2) participated. Three clusters were identified: healthy lifestyle, unhealthy lifestyle, and low physical activity but healthy diet group. The unhealthy lifestyle group was more likely to have high acculturation compared with other groups (p =.03). SES and BMI were not significantly different between groups. Further intervention is needed to improve obesity-related behaviors of acculturated Korean American women.
- Subjects
UNITED States; OBESITY &; psychology; KOREANS; WOMEN'S health; ACCULTURATION; CLUSTER analysis (Statistics); DIET; HEALTH behavior; QUESTIONNAIRES; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; SECONDARY analysis; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; BODY mass index; LIFESTYLES; CROSS-sectional method; SEDENTARY lifestyles; PHYSICAL activity; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Clinical Nursing Research, 2020, Vol 29, Issue 7, p440
- ISSN
1054-7738
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1054773818783467