An Overview of Body Size Preference, Perception and Dissatisfaction in Sub-Saharan Africans Living in the United States
African immigrants prefer body sizes which are normal or overweight. However, and presumably attributable to the combined influence of globalization and acculturation, a worrisome fraction of African immigrants favor an underweight silhouette.
Authors
- Margrethe Horlyck-Romanovsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2146-2744)
- Anne E. Sumner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9640-8999)
- CHRISTOPHER DUBOSE
- MARIAM SAYED
- JAMAIICA HURSTON
- Novie Younger‐Coleman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6525-9919)
- CHARLITA WORTHY (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6744-5993)
- LILIAN MABUNDO
- ELIZA A. HUEFNER
Institutions
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- City University of New York (US)
- North-West University (ZA)
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (US)
- University of the West Indies (JM)
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (US)
- Brooklyn College (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity
- Published
- 2024-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2147/dmso.s474956
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.56
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities