title: Factors Associated with Underestimation of Weight Status among Caucasian, Latino, Filipino, and Korean Americans--DiLH Survey.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe weight misperception and to examine the influence of sociodemographic factors on underestimation of weight status in Caucasian, Latino, Filipino, and Korean Americans.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data from 886 non-pregnant adults who participated in a cross-sectional survey administered in English, Spanish, and Korean were analyzed. The actual weight status derived from the participants' body mass index (BMI) categories and their perceived weight status were compared. A multiple logistic regression model was used to explore if underestimation of weight status was associated with ethnicity, sex, and education level.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Caucasians, Latinos, Filipinos, and Koreans represented 19.4%, 26.8%, 27.4%, and 26.4%, respectively, of the total sample of 886. Overall, two in three participants correctly perceived their weight status, but 42% of Latinos underestimated their weight status and 22% of Koreans overestimated their weight status. Latino ethnicity, male, and low education (high school) were related to greater underestimation of weight status (P < .05). In contrast, Korean ethnicity was related to less underestimation of weight status (P < .05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Misperception of weight status should be counted in any efforts to develop a weight management intervention for Latino and Korean Americans.
authors.forename: JiWon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Melinda S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Bender
authors.forename: Shoshana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.forename: Yoshimi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fukuoka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight / Q000208:ethnology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010679:Philippines / Q000208:ethnology; D012649:Self Concept; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult