Wardle Jane, Waller Jo, Jarvis Martin J
Cancer Research UK Health Behavior Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, England.
Am J Public Health. 2002 Aug;92(8):1299-304. doi: 10.2105/ajph.92.8.1299.
This study investigated socioeconomic predictors of obesity in men and women.
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.
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.
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.
本研究调查了男性和女性肥胖的社会经济预测因素。
使用1996年英格兰健康调查的数据,在控制年龄、婚姻状况和种族后,比较按教育程度、职业和两个经济指标划分的肥胖比值比。
受教育年限较少、经济状况较差的男性和女性,以及职业地位较低的女性(而非男性)肥胖风险更高。
较高的教育程度和较高的社会经济地位与男性和女性较低的肥胖风险相关,而较高的职业地位仅与女性较低的肥胖风险相关。讨论了这些发现对理解肥胖原因和预防的意义。