Department of Public & Allied Health, Bowling Green State University, 216 Health Center, Bowling Green, OH 43403, USA.
Prev Med. 2012 Nov;55(5):427-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.09.008. Epub 2012 Sep 17.
This study aimed to gauge state legislators' level of support for evidence-based obesity reduction policies.
A list of 17 potential obesity reduction measures was sent via a valid and reliable survey questionnaire to a random sample of 800 state legislators from all 50 United States in 2011. Legislators were asked to rate their support for each measure on a three-point Likert-type scale.
There were 250 questionnaires returned. Chi-square tests revealed no significant differences between respondents and non-respondents by sex, political affiliation, or chamber designation. Respondents were approximately evenly split between Republicans (n=117) and Democrats (n=122). Overall, public school and community-based measures were supported at approximately the same levels. Linear regression revealed that political affiliation, race, and perceiving obesity as a serious societal problem were significant predictors of legislator support for obesity reduction policies. Legislator body mass index, level of education, and geographic location were not significant predictors of support.
Public health advocates interested in promoting obesity prevention legislation at the state level are most likely to find support among non-white female Democratic legislators regardless of their BMI who perceive obesity to be a serious societal problem.
本研究旨在评估州立法者对基于证据的肥胖减少政策的支持程度。
2011 年，通过有效且可靠的问卷调查，向来自美国 50 个州的 800 名随机州立法者发送了一份包含 17 项潜在肥胖减少措施的清单。立法者被要求在三点李克特量表上对每项措施的支持程度进行评分。
共收回 250 份问卷。卡方检验显示，在性别、政治派别或议会指定方面，答复者与未答复者之间没有显著差异。答复者在共和党（n=117）和民主党（n=122）之间大致平分秋色。总体而言，公立学校和社区措施的支持程度大致相同。线性回归显示，政治派别、种族和将肥胖视为严重的社会问题是立法者支持肥胖减少政策的重要预测因素。立法者的体重指数、教育水平和地理位置不是支持的重要预测因素。
对在州一级推动预防肥胖立法感兴趣的公共卫生倡导者最有可能在非白女性民主党立法者中找到支持，无论他们的 BMI 如何，只要他们认为肥胖是一个严重的社会问题。
