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Biobehavioral and psychological differences between overweight adults with and without waist circumference risk
Author(s) -
Grossniklaus Daurice A.,
Gary Rebecca A.,
Higgins Melinda K.,
Dunbar Sandra B.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.20411
Subject(s) - waist , overweight , medicine , body mass index , abdominal obesity , obesity , gerontology , circumference , psychological intervention , morning , anthropometry , demography , psychiatry , mathematics , sociology , geometry
Waist circumference (WC) has emerged as an independent predictor of cardiometabolic disease. The purpose of this study was to examine differences between overweight adults with and without WC risk in four domains: demographic, clinical and biological, psychological, and behavioral. The sample ( N = 87) was primarily sedentary, middle‐aged, women, and African‐Americans. The majority of participants had WC risk, those with WC risk were older, were women, and had higher body mass index, higher morning salivary cortisol levels, and more depressive symptoms than those without WC risk. Caloric and macronutrient intake did not differ between those with and without WC risk. Our findings could lead to the development of targeted interventions to prevent and/or reduce abdominal obesity, thereby reducing cardiometabolic risk. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 33:539–551, 2010