Obesity is associated with reduced self-rated general health status: evidence from a representative sample of white, black, and Hispanic Americans

Preventive Medicine
I S OkosunG E Dever

Abstract

Although the evidence linking obesity with many chronic diseases is well established, the relationship with self-rated health is not clear. Self-rating of health is a broad summary measure of different domains of health that include psychosocial domain. The aims of this study were to examine the relationship between obesity and self-rated health and the degree of agreement between patients' self-rated health status and physicians' impression of patients' health in a representative sample of healthy noninstitutionalized American adults. Data (n = 10, 298) used for this analysis were obtained from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Normal weight was defined as BMI 18.5-24.9 kg/m(2) and preobesity was defined as BMI 25-29.9 kg/m(2). Moderate (class I) obesity was defined as BMI 30-34.9 kg/m(2) and severe (class II) obesity as BMI > or =35 kg/m(2). Self-rated health conditions were categorized as excellent, very good, good, fair, or poor. Agreement between physicians' impression and self-rated health and a linear relationship between obesity and individual perceived health were quantified using kappa and gamma statistics, respectively. Using the logistic regression analysis, odds of reporting reduced health...Continue Reading

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