Umberson Debra, Liu Hui, Powers Daniel
University of Texas at Austin, Department of Sociology, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
J Health Soc Behav. 2009 Sep;50(3):327-43. doi: 10.1177/002214650905000306.
We consider how marital status and marital transitions, important features of the social environment, influence weight change over time, and how these effects vary by age, race, and gender. Growth curve analysis of a four-wave national survey suggests that marital transitions are more important than marital status in predicting change in body weight, and that marital dissolution is more important than marital formation in affecting weight. Widowhood effects on weight loss are a particular concern for population health trends, especially among African Americans.
我们研究社会环境的重要特征——婚姻状况和婚姻转变如何随时间影响体重变化，以及这些影响如何因年龄、种族和性别而有所不同。对一项四波全国性调查的增长曲线分析表明，在预测体重变化方面，婚姻转变比婚姻状况更重要，并且在影响体重方面，婚姻解体比婚姻形成更重要。丧偶对体重减轻的影响是人口健康趋势的一个特别关注点，尤其是在非裔美国人中。
