Tang Fen, Pan Yanhong, Deng Honglin
Nanxishan Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Chongxin Road, Guilin, Guangxi, 541002, China.
School of Basic Medicine, Guilin Medical University, Zhiyuan Road, Guilin, Guangxi, 541004, China.
BMC Public Health. 2024 Dec 26;24(1):3591. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-21184-3.
The number of overweight and obese people in China is showing a rapidly rising trend. Exploring the reasons behind this phenomenon is an urgent academic topic. This study aims to evaluate the effect of marriage on overweight and obesity in China.
A total of 44,095 samples were analyzed Data came from China Family Panel Studies (CFPS), a national, large-scale, multidisciplinary social tracking survey. Four periods of panel data were used and fixed effects regression was performed. Overweight and obesity were defined as BMI ≥ 24 kg/m and BMI ≥ 28 kg/m, respectively.
Marriage significantly increases the probability of being overweight (6.5%, p < 0.01) and obese (2.8%, p < 0.01). An important influencing factor is the reduction of exercise behavior after marriage; that is, marriage reduces exercise time but has no significant effect on drinking. Additionally, we see a greater impact on those aged between 20 and 30, but it has no significant effect on those aged between 40 and 50.
Marriage is an important socioeconomic factor that led to overweight and obesity. It is urgent to encourage married people to control their weight and government health departments should provide more convenient exercise facilities.
中国超重和肥胖人群数量呈快速上升趋势。探究这一现象背后的原因是一个紧迫的学术课题。本研究旨在评估婚姻对中国超重和肥胖的影响。
共分析了44095个样本。数据来自中国家庭追踪调查（CFPS），这是一项全国性、大规模、多学科的社会追踪调查。使用了四个时期的面板数据并进行了固定效应回归。超重和肥胖分别定义为体重指数（BMI）≥24千克/平方米和BMI≥28千克/平方米。
婚姻显著增加了超重（6.5%，p<0.01）和肥胖（2.8%，p<0.01）的概率。一个重要的影响因素是婚后运动行为的减少；也就是说，婚姻减少了运动时间，但对饮酒没有显著影响。此外，我们发现对20至30岁的人影响更大，但对40至50岁的人没有显著影响。
婚姻是导致超重和肥胖的一个重要社会经济因素。鼓励已婚人士控制体重刻不容缓，政府卫生部门应提供更便捷的运动设施。
