BMI and dissatisfaction with life: contextual factors and socioemotional costs of obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

In this study, we investigate whether individuals' BMI categories are associated with being dissatisfied with one's life, how this association is affected by the social comparison that individuals make, and what the role of the overall BMI levels in this process is.

Methods

We use data for 21,577 men and 27,415 women, collected in 2016 by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, from 34 countries in Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia. To understand the moderating effect of contextual environment, we use multilevel mixed effect logistic regression models and data for national, regional, and cohort-specific BMI levels.

Result

We find that the association of BMI and dissatisfaction with life differs by gender, with overweight men being less li

SUBMITTER: Jarosz E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8960616 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature