title: Cultural perceptions of weight in African American and Caucasian women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine if African American (AA) and Caucasian women grouped variables related to race and weight into discrete clusters and if there were discernable response patterns with unique subgroup characteristics.
  
  
  METHODS
  Women (N=277, 48% AA) completed a card  sorting task, ranking 28 variables. We used multidimensional scaling to determine perceived similarities and differences between variables, and latent class analysis to identify subgroups responding similarly.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We identified 5 clusters of variables and 4 response patterns, which  were demographically and anthropometrically distinct.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results can be used for empirical cultural tailoring of behavioral weight loss interventions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA. ardj@uab.edu
authors.forename: Jamy D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Ard
authors.forename: Christie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zunker
authors.forename: Haiyan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.forename: Tiffany
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: Brooks
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wingo
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jefferson
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shewchuk
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D001827:Body Height; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D012938:Social Perception; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*