Open AccessAre American children and adolescents of low socioeconomic status at increased risk of obesity? Changes in the association between overweight and family income between 1971 and 2002
Author(s) -
Youfa Wang,
Qi Zhang
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.1093/ajcn/84.4.707
Subject(s) - overweight , national health and nutrition examination survey , socioeconomic status , obesity , body mass index , medicine , demography , percentile , odds ratio , gerontology , environmental health , population , endocrinology , statistics , mathematics , pathology , sociology
A good understanding of the association between obesity and socioeconomic status (SES) has many important public health and policies implications, particularly for the prevention and management of obesity.
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