Sex Differences in the Association of Socioeconomic Status With Obesity

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ID11026308
AutoresJon Wardle (0000-0002-1691-593X, Cancer Research UK), Jane Wardle (The authors are with the Cancer Research UK Health Behavior Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, England.), Jo Waller (0000-0003-4025-9132, The authors are with the Cancer Research UK Health Behavior Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, England.), Michael J Jarvis (0000-0001-9238-8038, Cancer Research UK), Martin J Jarvis (The authors are with the Cancer Research UK Health Behavior Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, England.)
Año2002
Volumen92
Número8
Páginas1299-1304
Fecha de publicación2002-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.92.8.1299
PMID12144988
OpenAlexW1994083111
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas112
Referencias citadas17

Objectives. This study investigated socioeconomic predictors of obesity in men and women. Methods. Data from the 1996 Health Survey for England were used to compare odds ratios for obesity by education, occupation, and 2 economic markers after control for age, marital status, and ethnicity. Results. Obesity risk was greater among men and women with fewer years of education and poorer economic circumstances and among women, but not men, of lower occupational status. Conclusions. Higher educational attainment and higher socioeconomic status were associated with a lower risk of obesity in both men and women, whereas higher occupational status was associated with a lower risk only for women. The implications of these findings for understanding causes and prevention of obesity are discussed

Educational attainment · Environmental health · Ethnic group · Logistic regression · Marital status · Obesity · Occupational prestige · Odds · Odds ratio · Population · Social class · Socioeconomic status · Demography · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Obesity and Health Practices · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Gerontology