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Impact of Objective and Subjective Social Status on Obesity in a Biracial Cohort of Adolescents

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ID23323735
AuthorsElizabeth Goodman (0000-0002-9640-9884, Brandeis University), Nancy E Adler (0000-0001-6962-0724, University of California, San Francisco), Stephen R Daniel (0000-0001-5520-6952, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center), Stephen R Daniels, John A Morrison (Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center), Gail B Slap (0000-0003-4308-5959, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center), Lawrence M Dolan (0000-0002-5359-0636, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center)
Year2003
Volume11
Issue8
Pages1018-1026
Publication date2003-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueObesity Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1071-7323 • E-ISSN: 1550-8528
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1038/oby.2003.140
PMID12917508
OpenAlexW2025874275
LanguageEN
Citations received94
References cited29

Objective : To characterize the associations between socioeconomic status (SES), two levels of subjective social status (SSS), and adolescent obesity. Research Methods and Procedures : Cross‐sectional study of 1491 black and white adolescents attending public school in a suburban school district in Greater Cincinnati, Ohio. BMI ≥95th percentile derived from measured height and weight defined overweight. Students rated SSS on separate 10‐point scales for society and school. A parent provided information on parent education and household income for SES. Results : Although there were no sex differences in SES, black students were more likely to come from families with less well‐educated parents and lower incomes ( p p = 0.003), lowest school SSS ( p = 0.046), and highest BMI ( p Discussion : Perceptions of social stratification are independently associated with overweight. There were important racial and sex differences in the social status‐overweight association. SSS in the more immediate, local reference group, the school, had the strongest association to overweight.

Logistic regression · Obesity · Odds ratio · Overweight · Population · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · SSS · Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors · Demography · Endocrinology · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology · Gerontology

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