Religion, social support, fat intake and physical activity

Public Health Nutrition
Karen Hye-cheon Kim, Jeffery Sobal

Abstract

Most research on diet and exercise has focused on these health behaviours as proximate causes of disease, rather than examine the context of how diet and exercise are developed and maintained. This study examined religion and social support in relationship to fat intake and physical activity. Data from surveys of 546 adults aged 17-91 years, residing in one upstate New York county, were analysed. Most relationships between the multiple facets of religion, fat intake and physical activity were not statistically significant. After controlling for demographics and social support, Conservative Protestant women and women specifying an "Other" religious affiliation reported higher fat intakes than did Catholic women. There were no relationships between religion and fat intake in men. In women, religious commitment was associated with greater moderate and vigorous physical activity, whereas in men, divine social support was associated with greater moderate physical activity. Social support did not substantially change the magnitude of the relationships between religion, diet and physical activity. Overall, there were few relationships between religion, fat intake and physical activity, suggesting that in contemporary US society religi...Continue Reading

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