title: Assessing the prevalence of and factors associated with overweight, obesity, and binge eating as a function of ethnicity.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to examine the prevalence of and factors associated with overweight, obesity, and binge eating as a function of ethnicity among a national sample of college students.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were drawn from the 2010 Healthy Minds Study sample. Participants were 24,396 college students from 26 colleges and universities. This sample included 62 % females and a broad range of ethnic backgrounds; 30 % were overweight, 10 % were obese, and 7 % met criteria the for binge eating.
  
  
  RESULTS
  While African Americans reported the highest prevalence of overweight (49 %) and obesity (24 %), Arab-Americans reported the highest prevalence of binge eating (10 %). The factors associated with weight problems and binge eating differed by ethnicity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Research is warranted to develop more culturally sensitive interventions to target those ethnic minorities at elevated risk. Further study of binge eating among Arab-Americans is particularly important, as the prevalence of this condition was higher among this group over any other.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, EMU Psychology Clinic, Eastern Michigan University, 611 W. Cross Street, Ypsilanti, MI, 48197, USA, shabhab1@emich.edu.
authors.forename: Summar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reslan
authors.forename: Karen K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Saules
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D001828:Body Image; D002032:Bulimia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D015995:Prevalence; D013334:Students; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities; D044465:White People; D055815:Young Adult