Causal beliefs about obesity and associated health behaviors: results from a population-based survey

Table 2 Results of Multiple Regression Analyses Examining Correlates of Obesity Causal Beliefs

	Belief that Obesity is Inherited		Belief that Obesity is Caused by Overeating and Not Exercising
	b(95% CI)	p value^a	OR (95% CI)	p value^a
Sex	-0.09 (-0.18, 0.00)	.056	0.90 (0.75, 1.08)	0.247
Age (years)		.098		0.153
18-39	Ref		Ref
40-49	0.05 (-0.06, 0.16)	.385	0.78 (0.57, 1.07)
50-59	0.04 (-0.07, 0.15)	.486	0.83 (0.61, 1.13)
60-69	-0.03 (-0.14, 0.09)	.62	1.03 (0.76, 1.39)
≥ 70	-0.13 (-0.28, 0.02)	.09	0.99 (0.69, 1.42)
Race/ethnicity		.752		0.002
Hispanic	-0.01 (-0.22, 0.20)	.91	1.61 (1.02, 2.54)
Non-Hispanic white	Ref		Ref
Non-Hispanic black	0.01 (-0.12, 0.14)	.887	0.65 (0.46, 0.91)
Non-Hispanic other	0.12 (-0.10, 0.34)	.292	1.18 (0.76, 1.83)
Education		.182		0.019
Less than high school	0.07 (-0.09, 0.23)	.373	0.96 (0.60, 1.54)
High school graduate	0.10 (0.00, 0.20)	.056	0.67 (0.51, 0.88)
Some college	0.08 (-0.01, 0.17)	.071	0.98 (0.76, 1.24)
College graduate	Ref		Ref
Body mass index		.007		0.404
Not overweight/obese	Ref		Ref
Overweight	0.05 (-0.05, 0.16)	.334	1.17 (0.92, 1.50)
Obese	0.19 (0.07, 0.31)	.002	1.15 (0.85, 1.56)

Note. Data are from respondents who completed a paper and pencil mailed survey for the 2007 Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS).
^a The p values adjacent to each variable name (sex, age, race/ethnicity, and so on) represent the association between the variable and the obesity causal belief item.

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