Browsing by Subject "Weight Loss"

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    Research Bites: Class III Obesity: What are the benefits and barriers of exercise?
    (Wolters Kluwer, 2021) Yoke, Mary M.; Kinesiology, School of Health and Human Sciences
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    Three-year measured weight change in the African American health study
    (Sage Publications, 2009-03) Wolinsky, Fredric D.; Andresen, Elena M.; Malmstrom, Theodore K.; Schootman, Mario; Miller, J. Philip; Miller, Douglas K.; Department of Medicine, IU School of Medicine
    OBJECTIVE: This study examines 3-year weight change in African Americans. METHOD: Nine hundred and ninety-eight participants 49 to 65 years old were assessed at baseline and 3 years later. Weight was measured, and weight change was defined as clinically meaningful increases or decreases (+/- 5 kg). Potential risk factors were investigated using multinomial logistic regression. RESULTS: In-home measured weights were available for 752 participants (75%): 504 (67%) had stable weights, 131 (17%) gained more than 5 kg, and 117 (16%) lost more than 5 kg. Among all participants, the risks for weight gains were cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lower income, and Medicaid status; the risks for weight losses were angina, cancer, high measured systolic blood pressure, asthma, and physical inactivity. Sex-stratified analyses reveal differences involving age, socioeconomic status, cancer, blood pressure, and lower body function. DISCUSSION: Three-year weight changes in middle-aged African Americans were frequent and significantly associated with several risk factors.