Race/Ethnicity, Life-Course Socioeconomic Position, and Body Weight Trajectories Over 34 years

The Alameda County Study

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ID11019200
AutoresPeter Baltrus (0000-0001-9808-0501, Rush University Medical Center), Peter T Baltrus (Peter T. Baltrus is with the Social Epidemiology Research Center, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga. George A. Kaplan, John W. Lynch, and Trivellore E. Raghunathan are with the Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Susan Everson-Rose is with the Department of Preventive Medicine, Rush Medical College, Rush Medical Center, Chicago, Ill.), John Lynch (0000-0003-2781-7902, Rush University Medical Center), John W Lynch (Peter T. Baltrus is with the Social Epidemiology Research Center, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga. George A. Kaplan, John W. Lynch, and Trivellore E. Raghunathan are with the Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Susan Everson-Rose is with the Department of Preventive Medicine, Rush Medical College, Rush Medical Center, Chicago, Ill.), Susan A Everson‐rose (0000-0002-9839-2537, Rush University Medical Center), Susan Everson-Rose (Peter T. Baltrus is with the Social Epidemiology Research Center, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga. George A. Kaplan, John W. Lynch, and Trivellore E. Raghunathan are with the Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Susan Everson-Rose is with the Department of Preventive Medicine, Rush Medical College, Rush Medical Center, Chicago, Ill.), Trivellore E Raghunathan (0000-0002-3054-9833, Peter T. Baltrus is with the Social Epidemiology Research Center, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga. George A. Kaplan, John W. Lynch, and Trivellore E. Raghunathan are with the Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Susan Everson-Rose is with the Department of Preventive Medicine, Rush Medical College, Rush Medical Center, Chicago, Ill.), George A Kaplan (Peter T. Baltrus is with the Social Epidemiology Research Center, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga. George A. Kaplan, John W. Lynch, and Trivellore E. Raghunathan are with the Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Susan Everson-Rose is with the Department of Preventive Medicine, Rush Medical College, Rush Medical Center, Chicago, Ill.)
Ano2005
Volume95
Fascículo9
Páginas1595-1601
Data de publicação2005-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditoraAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2004.046292
PMID16051936
PMCIDPMC1449403
OpenAlexW2145886148
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas50
Referências citadas36

Objectives. We investigated whether race differences in weight gain over 34 years were because of socioeconomic position (SEP) and psychosocial and behavioral factors (physical activity, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, depression, marital status, number of children). We used a life-course approach to SEP with 4 measures of SEP (childhood SEP, education, occupation, income) and a cumulative measure of SEP. Methods. We used mixed models and data collected from the Alameda County Study to examine the association between race and weight change slopes and baseline weight in men (n=1186) and women (n=1375) aged 17 to 40 years at baseline (in 1965). Results. All subjects gained weight over time. African American women weighed 4.96 kg (P Conclusions. Interventions to prevent overweight and obesity should begin early in life and target the socioeconomically disadvantaged

Body mass index · Body weight · Environmental health · Ethnic group · Life course approach · Marital status · Obesity · Overweight · Population · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Psychosocial · Socioeconomic status · Weight change · Weight gain · Weight loss · Demography · Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins · Medicine · Obesity and Health Practices · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology · Gerontology