Bentley-Edwards Keisha L, Robbins Paul A, Blackman Carr Loneke T, Smith Imari Z, Conde Eugenia, Darity William A
Department of General Internal Medicine, Duke University and The Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity, Duke University.
The Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity, Duke University.
J Sci Study Relig. 2021 Sep;60(3):498-515. doi: 10.1111/jssr.12722. Epub 2021 May 9.
Religiosity is a potential social determinant of obesity risk among black Americans, a group that tends to be highly religious and disproportionately suffers from this disease. Although religious engagement differs within this group, researchers often classify black Protestants into broad categories, making it challenging to determine which subgroups experience the worst outcomes. Using data from the National Survey of American Life, this study investigated whether black adults from various Christian denominations had comparable odds of having obesity and if these findings were consistent across life stage (i.e., young, middle, and late adulthood). Results suggest that for middle-aged Pentecostal women, and men and women who attend church most frequently, the odds of having obesity were comparably higher than their respective counterparts. These findings indicate that, even when denominational consolidation is appropriate in other religious research contexts, researchers should consider diaggregating black Christians by denomination when examining the relationship between religion and health.
宗教虔诚度是美国黑人肥胖风险的一个潜在社会决定因素，美国黑人往往宗教信仰浓厚，且患肥胖症的比例过高。尽管该群体内部的宗教参与情况存在差异，但研究人员通常将黑人新教徒归为大致的类别，这使得确定哪些亚群体的肥胖后果最严重具有挑战性。本研究利用美国生活全国调查的数据，调查了来自不同基督教教派的黑人成年人患肥胖症的几率是否相当，以及这些结果在人生阶段（即青年、中年和老年）是否一致。结果表明，对于中年五旬节派女性，以及参加教会最频繁的男性和女性，患肥胖症的几率相对高于各自的对照组。这些发现表明，即使在其他宗教研究背景下进行教派合并是合适的，但在研究宗教与健康的关系时，研究人员仍应考虑按教派细分黑人基督徒群体。
