The Dual Burden of Weight in YMSM: Structural Inequities and Body Image Pressures
Ching-Yu Wang, Dustin T. Duncan, Lisa M. Kuhns, Robert Garofalo, Jean Jimenez, Patrick R. Veihman, Rebecca Schnall · 2026
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Ching-Yu Wang and co-authors describe weight patterns in young gay and bisexual men in a 2026 United States cohort study. These men face two pressures at once: social conditions that raise obesity risk and appearance cultures demanding thinness. Data cover 2,704 participants aged 17 to 29 in a digital cohort.
Self-reported height and weight were compared across five racial and ethnic groups. Average body mass differed significantly between groups in the reported tests. White non-Hispanic and Asian non-Hispanic men showed lower average values and different weight category mixes. The authors read the spread through both structural inequality and body image pressure, arguing neither lens alone explains it.
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| CREATOR | Ching-Yu Wang, Dustin T. Duncan, Lisa M. Kuhns, Robert Garofalo, Jean Jimenez, Patrick R. Veihman, Rebecca Schnall |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 22751 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |