FIELD-DEPENDENCE FACTORS IN AMERICAN INDIAN AND CAUCASIAN OBESITY.

This article cites a study in Washington that compared urban obese and non-obese American Indians and Caucasians on the Group Embedded Figures Test. Results indicated an apparent relationship between obesity and field-dependence for Caucasians, but not for American Indians. American Indians were more field-dependent than Caucasian overall, which implies a social conformity factor. These results suggest that psychological factors related to obesity vary across ethnic groups because of apparent cultural differences.