Health & Wealth: is weight loss success related to monetary savings in U.S. adults of low-income? Findings from a National Study.
Monetary savings
Self-regulation
Weight loss
Journal
BMC public health
ISSN: 1471-2458
Titre abrégé: BMC Public Health
Pays: England
ID NLM: 100968562
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
21 Nov 2019
21 Nov 2019
Historique:
received:
16
09
2019
accepted:
30
09
2019
entrez:
23
11
2019
pubmed:
23
11
2019
medline:
15
2
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Many individuals aspire to attain various goals in life, such as committing to a healthful diet to slim down or saving for retirement to enhance future welfare. While these behaviors (weight loss and saving) share the common denominator of self-regulation, it is unclear whether success in one domain is related to the other. Therefore, we examined the relationship between long term weight loss (LTWL) success and monetary savings among U.S. adults who at one point in life diverged from normal weight status. Data on 1994 adults with a maximum BMI ≥ 25 kg/m Multivariable analysis revealed that adjusting for income, education and other covariates, being in the highest LTWL category (≥20.00%) significantly reduced the likelihood of monetary savings in comparison to the reference group (OR = 0.55, 95%CI = 0.34-0.91). This relationship was not observed in the lower LTWL category (10.00-19.99%). Adults who in the past were overweight or obese and who presently exhibit high levels of LTWL, were markedly less successful when it came to their finances. This might stem from significant cognitive-affective resources exerted during the weight loss process coupled with a paucity of financial resources which impede financial decision making. This supposition, however, warrants future research.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Many individuals aspire to attain various goals in life, such as committing to a healthful diet to slim down or saving for retirement to enhance future welfare. While these behaviors (weight loss and saving) share the common denominator of self-regulation, it is unclear whether success in one domain is related to the other. Therefore, we examined the relationship between long term weight loss (LTWL) success and monetary savings among U.S. adults who at one point in life diverged from normal weight status.
METHODS
METHODS
Data on 1994 adults with a maximum BMI ≥ 25 kg/m
RESULTS
RESULTS
Multivariable analysis revealed that adjusting for income, education and other covariates, being in the highest LTWL category (≥20.00%) significantly reduced the likelihood of monetary savings in comparison to the reference group (OR = 0.55, 95%CI = 0.34-0.91). This relationship was not observed in the lower LTWL category (10.00-19.99%).
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Adults who in the past were overweight or obese and who presently exhibit high levels of LTWL, were markedly less successful when it came to their finances. This might stem from significant cognitive-affective resources exerted during the weight loss process coupled with a paucity of financial resources which impede financial decision making. This supposition, however, warrants future research.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31752798
doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7711-3
pii: 10.1186/s12889-019-7711-3
pmc: PMC6868859
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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Pagination
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