Anti-fat attitudes of Nutrition undergraduates in Brazil toward individuals with obesity

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Autor(a) principal: Alvarenga,Marle dos Santos
Data de Publicação: 2022
Outros Autores: Obara,Angélica Almeida, Takeda,Gabriela Akemi, Ferreira-Vivolo,Sandra Roberta Gouvea
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Ciência & Saúde Coletiva (Online)
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-81232022000200747
Resumo: Abstract Obesity-related prejudice and discrimination may have a source in health professionals and students. The objective was to assess anti-fat attitudes among Brazilian nutrition undergraduates who reported demographic data, weight, height and responded the Antifat Attitudes Test (AFAT) and the Brazilian Silhouette Scales to assess body image satisfaction and perception. Total and subscales of AFAT scores were compared among categories using the Mann-Whitney U test. Associations of participants’ characteristics with the AFAT were analyzed using multiple linear regression. Total AFAT score was positively associated with male sex (ß: .13; p < .001), age (ß: .06; p < .001), educational institution outside capital (ß: .03; p < .05), private institutions (ß: .08; p < .001); and negatively associated with income (ß: -.05; p = .006), participants who perceived themselves with increased BMI (ß: -.15; p < .001) and those at the third year of course (ß: -.05; p = .041). Subscales scores were positively associated with male sex and age; and negatively associated with those who perceived themselves heavier. They have anti-fat attitudes especially if they were man, older, from private institutions, are at the beginning of the course, and have lower household income - and less weight bias if they perceived with increased BMI.
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spelling Anti-fat attitudes of Nutrition undergraduates in Brazil toward individuals with obesityObesityNutritionistsWeight prejudiceAbstract Obesity-related prejudice and discrimination may have a source in health professionals and students. The objective was to assess anti-fat attitudes among Brazilian nutrition undergraduates who reported demographic data, weight, height and responded the Antifat Attitudes Test (AFAT) and the Brazilian Silhouette Scales to assess body image satisfaction and perception. Total and subscales of AFAT scores were compared among categories using the Mann-Whitney U test. Associations of participants’ characteristics with the AFAT were analyzed using multiple linear regression. Total AFAT score was positively associated with male sex (ß: .13; p < .001), age (ß: .06; p < .001), educational institution outside capital (ß: .03; p < .05), private institutions (ß: .08; p < .001); and negatively associated with income (ß: -.05; p = .006), participants who perceived themselves with increased BMI (ß: -.15; p < .001) and those at the third year of course (ß: -.05; p = .041). Subscales scores were positively associated with male sex and age; and negatively associated with those who perceived themselves heavier. They have anti-fat attitudes especially if they were man, older, from private institutions, are at the beginning of the course, and have lower household income - and less weight bias if they perceived with increased BMI.ABRASCO - Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva2022-02-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-81232022000200747Ciência &amp; Saúde Coletiva v.27 n.2 2022reponame:Ciência & Saúde Coletiva (Online)instname:Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva (ABRASCO)instacron:ABRASCO10.1590/1413-81232022272.02342021info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAlvarenga,Marle dos SantosObara,Angélica AlmeidaTakeda,Gabriela AkemiFerreira-Vivolo,Sandra Roberta Gouveaeng2022-01-28T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1413-81232022000200747Revistahttp://www.cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.brhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||cienciasaudecoletiva@fiocruz.br1678-45611413-8123opendoar:2022-01-28T00:00Ciência & Saúde Coletiva (Online) - Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva (ABRASCO)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Anti-fat attitudes of Nutrition undergraduates in Brazil toward individuals with obesity
title Anti-fat attitudes of Nutrition undergraduates in Brazil toward individuals with obesity
spellingShingle Anti-fat attitudes of Nutrition undergraduates in Brazil toward individuals with obesity
Alvarenga,Marle dos Santos
Obesity
Nutritionists
Weight prejudice
title_short Anti-fat attitudes of Nutrition undergraduates in Brazil toward individuals with obesity
title_full Anti-fat attitudes of Nutrition undergraduates in Brazil toward individuals with obesity
title_fullStr Anti-fat attitudes of Nutrition undergraduates in Brazil toward individuals with obesity
title_full_unstemmed Anti-fat attitudes of Nutrition undergraduates in Brazil toward individuals with obesity
title_sort Anti-fat attitudes of Nutrition undergraduates in Brazil toward individuals with obesity
author Alvarenga,Marle dos Santos
author_facet Alvarenga,Marle dos Santos
Obara,Angélica Almeida
Takeda,Gabriela Akemi
Ferreira-Vivolo,Sandra Roberta Gouvea
author_role author
author2 Obara,Angélica Almeida
Takeda,Gabriela Akemi
Ferreira-Vivolo,Sandra Roberta Gouvea
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Alvarenga,Marle dos Santos
Obara,Angélica Almeida
Takeda,Gabriela Akemi
Ferreira-Vivolo,Sandra Roberta Gouvea
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Obesity
Nutritionists
Weight prejudice
topic Obesity
Nutritionists
Weight prejudice
description Abstract Obesity-related prejudice and discrimination may have a source in health professionals and students. The objective was to assess anti-fat attitudes among Brazilian nutrition undergraduates who reported demographic data, weight, height and responded the Antifat Attitudes Test (AFAT) and the Brazilian Silhouette Scales to assess body image satisfaction and perception. Total and subscales of AFAT scores were compared among categories using the Mann-Whitney U test. Associations of participants’ characteristics with the AFAT were analyzed using multiple linear regression. Total AFAT score was positively associated with male sex (ß: .13; p < .001), age (ß: .06; p < .001), educational institution outside capital (ß: .03; p < .05), private institutions (ß: .08; p < .001); and negatively associated with income (ß: -.05; p = .006), participants who perceived themselves with increased BMI (ß: -.15; p < .001) and those at the third year of course (ß: -.05; p = .041). Subscales scores were positively associated with male sex and age; and negatively associated with those who perceived themselves heavier. They have anti-fat attitudes especially if they were man, older, from private institutions, are at the beginning of the course, and have lower household income - and less weight bias if they perceived with increased BMI.
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