title: A population-based comparison of weight and weight perceptions among overweight and obese Mexican and Mexican-American men.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine actual and perceived weight in national cohorts of Mexican-origin adult men in Mexico and the United States (US).
  
  
  METHODS
  We used the 2001-06 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and the 2006 Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prevalence of overweight or obesity (OO) in Mexicans was 65% and in Mexican-Americans was 72%. OO Mexican-American men were more likely than OO Mexican men (56 vs. 49%) to perceive themselves as "overweight". Among OO men from both populations, those who had been screened for OO by a health provider were almost seven times more likely to have accurate weight perceptions. Only 9% of OO men in Mexico and 25% in the US recalled having been screened for weight.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Weight misperceptions were common in both populations but more prevalent in Mexico; low screening by providers may contribute to poor weight control in both countries.
authors.affiliation: Berkeley School of Public Health, University of California, California, USA.
authors.forename: Sylvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guendelman
authors.affiliation: Berkeley School of Public Health, University of California, California, USA.
authors.forename: Miranda Lucia
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Ritterman-Weintraub
authors.affiliation: Berkeley School of Public Health, University of California, California, USA.
authors.forename: Lia C Haskin
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Fernald
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Endocrinología y Metabolismo, Clínica de Obesidad y Trastornos de la Conducta Alimentaria, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, México, D.F., México, 14000, marthakaufer@aol.com.
authors.forename: Martha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaufer-Horwitz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001835:Body Weight; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans; D008800:Mexico; D008875:Middle Aged; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology; D050177:Overweight / Q000523:psychology; D015995:Prevalence; D014481:United States; D014892:Weight Perception; D055815:Young Adult