Sutin, Angelina R 
ORCID: 0000-0002-1824-8974, Robinson, Eric ORCID: 0000-0003-3586-5533, Daly, Michael ORCID: 0000-0003-1557-8326, Gerend, Mary A ORCID: 0000-0001-5413-1426, Stephan, Yannick, Luchetti, Martina ORCID: 0000-0002-7370-8443, Aschwanden, Damaris, Strickhouser, Jason E, Lee, Ji Hyun, Sesker, Amanda A ORCID: 0000-0003-1247-6463 et al (show 1 more authors)
(2020)
BMI, Weight Discrimination, and Psychological, Behavioral, and Interpersonal Responses to the Coronavirus Pandemic.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.), 28 (9).
pp. 1590-1594.
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Abstract
<h4>Objective</h4>This study aimed to examine whether BMI and weight discrimination are associated with psychological, behavioral, and interpersonal responses to the coronavirus pandemic.<h4>Methods</h4>Using a prospective design, participants (N = 2,094) were first assessed in early February 2020 before the coronavirus crisis in the United States and again in mid-March 2020 during the President's "15 Days to Slow the Spread" guidelines. Weight, height, and weight discrimination were assessed in the February survey. Psychological, behavioral, and interpersonal responses to the coronavirus were assessed in the March survey.<h4>Results</h4>Prepandemic experiences with weight discrimination were associated with greater concerns about the virus, engaging in more preventive behaviors, less trust in people and institutions to manage the outbreak, and greater perceived declines in connection to one's community. BMI tended to be unrelated to these responses.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Despite the risks of complications of coronavirus disease associated with obesity, individuals with higher BMI were neither more concerned about the virus nor taking more behavioral precautions than individuals in other weight categories. Weight discrimination, in contrast, may heighten vigilance to threat, which may have contributed to both positive (greater concern, more precautionary behavior) and negative (less trust, declines community connection) responses to the pandemic.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Humans, Pneumonia, Viral, Coronavirus Infections, Obesity, Body Weight, Body Mass Index, Prospective Studies, Behavior, Interpersonal Relations, Adult, Aged, Middle Aged, United States, Female, Male, Pandemics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Oct 2020 08:56 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Jan 2023 23:30 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/oby.22914 |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3103650 |
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