Reference : “What's a normal weight?” – Origin and receiving country influences on weight-status ...

	Document type :	Scientific journals : Article
	Discipline(s) :	Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Sociology & social sciences
	Focus Areas :	Migration and Inclusive Societies
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/44171

Title :	“What's a normal weight?” – Origin and receiving country influences on weight-status assessment among 1.5 and 2nd generation immigrant adolescents in Europe
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Kern, Matthias Robert [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) >]
	Heinz, Andreas [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) >]
	Stevens, Gonneke W.J.M. [Utrecht University > Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science]
	Walsh, Sophie D. [Bar Ilan University > Department of Criminology]
	Willems, Helmut Erich [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) >]
Publication date :	2020
Journal title :	Social Science and Medicine
Publisher :	Elsevier
Peer reviewed :	Yes (verified by ORBilu)
Audience :	International
ISSN :	0277-9536
e-ISSN :	1873-5347
City :	Amsterdam
Country :	United Kingdom
Keywords :	[en] Weight-status assessment ; Weight-status perception ; Adolescence ; Migration ; Origin country ; Receiving Country ; Cross-national
Abstract :	[en] Many adolescents struggle with adequately assessing their weight-status, often leading to unnecessary weight-related interventions or preventing necessary ones. The prevalence of weight-status over- and underestimation differs considerably cross-nationally, suggesting that individual weight-status assessment is informed by cross-nationally differing standards of evaluation. For adolescents with a migration background, this brings up the possibility of a simultaneous influence of origin- and receiving country standards. The current study examines the magnitude of both influences using data from the 2014 Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children study. The cross-national design of the study enabled us to aggregate weight-evaluation standards for 41, primarily European, countries. Subsequently, we identified a sample of 8 124 adolescents with a migration background whose origin as well as receiving country participated in the study. Among those adolescents, we assessed the effects of origin and receiving country weight-evaluation standards using cross-classified multilevel regression analyses. Descriptive analyses revealed considerable differences in weight-evaluation standards between the countries. Regression analyses showed that both origin- and receiving country weight-evaluation standards were significantly associated cross-sectionally with weight-status assessment among the immigrant adolescents, with a stronger impact of receiving country standards. Results illustrate the context-sensitivity of adolescent weight-status assessment and reinforce the theoretical notion that immigrant adolescent development is not only informed by factors pertaining to their receiving country but also, albeit to a lesser extent, by those pertaining to their origin country.
Target :	Researchers ; Professionals ; Students
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/44171
DOI :	10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113306

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