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Women in Guam consume more calories on a party day compared to a regular day
Author(s) -
Paulino Yvette Cepeda,
Guerrero Rachael Taitano Leon
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.21.5.a712
Subject(s) - overweight , demography , attendance , calorie , medicine , obesity , ethnic group , percentile , gerontology , political science , sociology , mathematics , statistics , law
Considering the frequency with which parties are celebrated on Guam, the purpose of this study was to assess dietary intakes on a party day and compare it to a regular day among Chamorro and Filipino women. The 49 women, 40 years or older, completed a party food recall. Subsequently, a 24‐hour recall was conducted on a sub sample (N=25). Paired t‐test was used to compare party and regular days, while Independent Samples t‐test was used to compare ethnicities. Mean energy intake (P<.001) and mean % energy from saturated fat (P=.01) was significantly higher on a party day than a regular day. Average frequency of party attendance per year reported by Chamorro and Filipino women was 25.8 ± 26.1 and 23.8 ± 28.0, respectively. Body measurements were also collected and indicated 84% of Chamorros and 33% of Filipinos were overweight or obese, although Chamorros had significantly higher (P<.05) body measurements than Filipinos. Frequent party attendance and extra energy consumed at these parties may be placing these women at risk for excess weight gain and obesity. This project was funded by the Minority Institute/Cancer Center Partnership Program between the University of Guam and the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii.