Tam Alexander C T, Murphy Rachel A, Conklin Annalijn I, Zhang Wei
School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Centre for Advancing Health Outcomes, Providence Research, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
J Appl Gerontol. 2024 Aug;43(8):1082-1093. doi: 10.1177/07334648241230875. Epub 2024 Feb 27.
This study aimed to examine the impact of employment transitions (ETs) on anthropometric changes among middle-aged and older workers (ages 45y+). Using two waves of data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging, we analyzed the impact of ETs (stayed working, entered retirement, and stopped working) on change in body weight and waist circumference (WC) on continuous scales as well as categories (≥5% cut-off). Analyses were sex/gender-stratified. Women did not show significant weight or WC change that differed across ETs, but estimated directions suggested those who stopped working were more likely to have ≥5% change in weight. Estimated directions of continuous outcomes for women who stopped working relative to continued workers showed less weight gain and more WC gain. Men who retired gained less weight and had smaller WC gain compared to reference. The findings imply that the short-run impact of exiting the labor force may not exacerbate weight gain.
本研究旨在探讨就业转型（ETs）对中年及老年工作者（45岁及以上）人体测量变化的影响。利用加拿大老龄化纵向研究的两波数据，我们分析了就业转型（继续工作、进入退休状态和停止工作）对体重和腰围（WC）连续量表以及类别（≥5%临界值）变化的影响。分析按性别分层。女性在不同就业转型情况下体重或腰围没有显著变化，但估计趋势表明停止工作的女性体重变化≥5%的可能性更大。停止工作的女性相对于继续工作的女性，连续结果的估计趋势显示体重增加较少，腰围增加较多。与对照组相比，退休男性体重增加较少，腰围增加也较小。研究结果表明，退出劳动力市场的短期影响可能不会加剧体重增加。
