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Effects of weight status on eating in college females
Author(s) -
Perruzza Stephanie,
Fernandes Jill,
Hirshberg Shira,
Cook Emily,
Lofgren Ingrid
Publication year - 2011
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.25.1_supplement.982.1
Subject(s) - overweight , medicine , obesity , waist , zoology , demography , body weight , food intake , eating behavior , normal weight , weight loss , body mass index , biology , sociology
Obesity is one of the world's leading causes of morbidity and mortality. Eating rate, grams of food consumed/minute, may play a role in obesity as it is positively associated with energy intake. A secondary data analysis of female college students examined the effects of weight status (normal weight BMI = 18.5–24.9 kg/m 2 , overweight BMI = 25–29.9 kg/m 2 and obese BMI ≥ 30 kg/m 2 ) on eating rate. Dietary information was the mean from 3 nonconsecutive 24 hour recalls using Nutrition Data System for Research. Mean age for the 78 participants was 18.8±0.9 years. Mean BMI was 27.9±5.5 kg/m 2 . Mean waist circumference was 87.4±13.9 inches. Means for total food intake, total energy intake, and total time spent eating/day were 2,215±672.9 gms/day, 1,737.2±483.5 kcals/day, and 78.9±26.5 minutes/day, respectively. Mean eating rate was 29.2±10.7 gms/minute. Mean energy expenditure was 11,088±2,107.5 MET‐minutes/week. A one‐way ANOVA found no difference (p=0.28) in eating rate across weight status categories. Mean kcal/day as well as total food intake gms/day were significantly different between normal weight and obese groups; 1,959.1±517.3 vs. 1553.3±394 (p=0.006) and 2460.2±669.4 vs. 2001.4±558.5 (p=0.036), respectfully. Further exploration on the effects of weight status on eating rate can provide insight on weight regulation and may help decrease obesity and long‐term chronic disease risk.