Inherited or Behavior? What Causal Beliefs about Obesity Are Associated with Weight Perceptions and Decisions to Lose Weight in a US Sample?

Table 1

Characteristics of study participants.

		%
Gender (missing = 5)
Male	2894	38.8
Female	4557	61.2
Age (missing = 20)
18–34	1075	14.5
35–39	490	6.6
40–44	578	7.8
45+	5293	71.2
Race/ethnicity (missing = 298)
Hispanic	621	8.7
White	5434	75.9
Black	680	9.5
Asian	201	2.8
Non-Hispanic other	222	3.1
Education (missing = 159)
Less than high school	683	9.4
High school graduate	1801	24.7
Some college	2185	29.9
College graduate	2628	38
Information-seeking (missing = 2506)
Yes	1813	36.6
No	3137	63.4
Weight loss (missing = 28)
Yes	4096	55.1
No	3332	44.9
Weight perception (missing = 28)
Underweight	336	4.5
“Just right”	2177	29.3
Slightly overweight	2690	36.2
Overweight	2225	30
Weight misperception (missing = 237)
Underestimated	849	11.8
Correctly estimated	5495	76.1
Overestimated	875	12.1
F and V recommendations (missing = 137)
Less than 5	4155	56.8
5–9	2567	35.1
More than 9	597	8.2
PA recommendations (missing = 995)
Sedentary (0 minutes)	58	.9
<Recommended (15–149)	2705	41.9
Recommended (150)	893	13.8
>Recommended (151–300)	1937	30
>300	868	13.4