Protective Misperception? Prospective Study of Weight Self-Perception and Blood Pressure in Adolescents With Overweight and Obesity.
Protective Misperception? Prospective Study of Weight Self-Perception and Blood Pressure in Adolescents With Overweight and Obesity.
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10.1016/j.jadohealth.2016.12.017
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2017-06
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Richmond TK
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Unger ES;Kawachi I;Milliren CE;Sonneville KR;Thurston IB;Gooding HC;Richmond TK
Underestimating one’s weight is often seen as a barrier to weight loss. However, recent research has shown that weight under-perception may be beneficial, with lower future weight gain and fewer depressive symptoms. Here, we examine the relationship between adolescent weight under-perception and future blood pressure. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, we obtained a nationally representative sample of 2463 adolescents with overweight and obesity (students in grades 8–12 in 1996). We used multivariable linear regression to prospectively examine the relationship between weight self-perception in adolescence and blood pressure in adulthood (year 2008; follow-up rate 80.3%), controlling for age, gender, race/ethnicity, smoking, alcohol consumption, education level, household income, and BMI. Additional analyses were stratified by gender and race/ethnicity. Youth with overweight/obesity who under-perceived their weight had lower blood pressure in adulthood than those who perceived themselves to be overweight. The decrease in systolic blood pressure was −2.5 mmHg (95% CI:−4.3,−0.7; p=0.006). Although the interaction by gender was statistically insignificant (p=0.289), important differences appeared upon stratification by gender. Young men showed no significant difference in adult blood pressure related to weight self-perception. Conversely, in young women, weight under-perception was associated with an average decrease in systolic blood pressure of −4.3 mmHg (95% CI:−7.0,−1.7; p=0.002). Contrary to conventional wisdom, weight under-perception is associated with improved health markers in young women. The observed differences in blood pressure are clinically relevant in magnitude, and interventions to correct weight under-perception should be re-examined for unintended consequences.