Obesity and smoking habits by social class

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11174792
AutoresT Khosla (Cardiff University), C R Lowe (0000-0002-3844-1392)
Año1972
Volumen26
Número4
Páginas249-256
Fecha de publicación1972-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Epidemiology and Community Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0143-005X • E-ISSN: 1470-2738
EditorialBMJ (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1136/jech.26.4.249
PMID4658272
OpenAlexW2064960825
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas12

In a recent paper we reported that there are considerable differences in the body weights of men categorized by their smoking habits (Khosla and Lowe, 1971). In a population of 10,482 steel workers we found that the men who had never smoked were much heavier than the smokers and that the men who had given up smoking for eight or more years were almost as heavy as those who had never smoked. The difference between the weights of non-smokers and smokers increased with age to the extent that over 40 years of age it was about 13 lb (5 9 kg). Our findings are in general agreement with two earlier surveys reported in the literature. In a large-scale study of coal workers at three Scottish collieries, Ashford and his co-workers (1961) found that

Age groups · Body weight · Environmental health · Norwegian · Obesity · Population · Demography · Medicine · Obesity and Health Practices · Gerontology