The relation between overweight and subjective health according to age, social class, slimming behavior and smoking habits in Dutch adults
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11040236 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jacob C Seidell (0000-0002-9262-9062), Karel C Bakx, Paul Deurenberg, J Burema, J G Hautvast, F J Huygen, Frank J P M Huygen (0000-0002-2852-4880) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 1410-1415 |
| Publication date | 1986-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.76.12.1410 |
| PMID | 3777287 |
| OpenAlex | W2008028635 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 5 |
Subjective health status was assessed in relation to overweight by administering a list of 51 health complaints to adult men and women who were either chronically overweight as defined by Body Mass Index (BMI) or not overweight, in a continuous morbidity registration in four general practices during the period 1967-83. Responses were received from 455 men (182 overweight) and 790 women (386 overweight), ages 26-66 years. Response rate (71 per cent) and age distribution (mean age 48) were similar in overweight and non-overweight groups of both sexes. BMI was correlated with the total number of complaints in women (r = 0.15) but not in men (r = 0.07). Multiple regression analysis revealed, however, that age was an effect modifier in this relation, there being a negative association between BMI and subjective health in younger men and a positive association in older men, whereas in women the association between BMI and subjective health was much more pronounced at younger ages than at older ages. In addition, current smoking habits and social class (in men and women) and reported slimming behavior (in women) had an independent relation to the total number of health complaints. BMI was also related to specific complaints and groups of complaints, particularly in women
Body mass index · Obesity · Overweight · Social class · Demography · Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Obesity and Health Practices · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Gerontology
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 2010 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |