Sanchez-Johnsen Lisa, Dykema-Engblade Amanda, Nava Magdalena, Rademaker Alfred, Xie Hui
Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2019;13(5):85-94. doi: 10.1353/cpr.2019.0041.
Overweight and obesity is a significant public health concern among Latino men. Common correlates of obesity that have been examined in previous studies are diet, physical activity, and body image.
The aim of this study was to examine whether or not there are differences in body image, physical activity and cultural variables between Mexican and Puerto Rican men.
Participants completed a health and culture interview, anthropometric measures, a dietary assessment, and an objective measure of physical activity. The results are from the 203 participants who completed the health and culture interview.
Mexicans and Puerto Ricans did not differ in their current and ideal body image, body image discrepancy, body satisfaction or how they described their weight. Puerto Ricans watched a greater number of hours of television per day than Mexicans (p < .01). There were no significant differences in their participation in any regular activity designed to improve or maintain their physical fitness, the number of times or length they engaged in this activity, or in their perceived exertion during this activity. Puerto Ricans reported a higher level of familism (p < .01) and machismo (p < .05) than Mexicans. There were no ethnic differences in folk illness beliefs, fatalism or personalism, acculturation level, acculturative stress, or ethnic identity.
Results are discussed in relation to the development of healthy eating, physical activity and body image interventions for Puerto Rican and Mexican men.
超重和肥胖是拉丁裔男性中一个重大的公共卫生问题。先前研究中已考察过的肥胖常见相关因素包括饮食、身体活动和身体意象。
本研究的目的是检验墨西哥裔和波多黎各裔男性在身体意象、身体活动和文化变量方面是否存在差异。
参与者完成了一次健康与文化访谈、人体测量、饮食评估以及身体活动的客观测量。结果来自完成健康与文化访谈的203名参与者。
墨西哥裔和波多黎各裔在当前和理想身体意象、身体意象差异、身体满意度或他们对自己体重的描述方面没有差异。波多黎各裔每天看电视的时长比墨西哥裔更多（p <.01）。他们在参与任何旨在改善或维持身体健康的常规活动、参与该活动的次数或时长，或活动中的自感 exertion 方面没有显著差异。波多黎各裔报告的家庭主义水平（p <.01）和大男子主义水平（p <.05）高于墨西哥裔。在民间疾病信念、宿命论或个人主义、文化适应水平、文化适应压力或族群认同方面不存在种族差异。
结合为波多黎各裔和墨西哥裔男性制定健康饮食、身体活动和身体意象干预措施的情况对结果进行了讨论。
