Environments and situations as correlates of eating and drinking among women living with obesity and urban poverty.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

One path to improving weight management may be to lessen the self-control burden of physical activity and healthier food choices. Opportunities to lessen the self-control burden might be uncovered by assessing the spatiotemporal experiences of individuals in daily context. This report aims to describe the time, place, and social context of eating and drinking and 6-month weight change among 209 midlife women (n = 113 African-American) with obesity receiving safety-net primary care.

Methods

Participants completed baseline and 6-month weight measures, observations and interviews regarding obesogenic cues in the home environment, and up to 12 ecological momentary assessments (EMA) per day for 30 days inquiring about location, social context, and eating and drin

SUBMITTER: Clark DO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8976545 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature