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Socioeconomic disadvantages over the life-course and their influence on obesity among older Hong Kong Chinese adults

Author(s) -

Gary Ka-Ki Chung,

Francisco Tsz Tsun Lai,

Dicken Chan,

Hung Wong,

EngKiong Yeoh,

Roger YatNork Chung

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

european journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056

H-Index - 91

eISSN - 1464-360X

pISSN - 1101-1262

DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa072

Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , life course approach , medicine , abdominal obesity , obesity , poisson regression , demography , relative risk , body mass index , confidence interval , childhood obesity , social class , gerontology , waist , psychology , environmental health , population , overweight , developmental psychology , sociology , political science , law

The life-course perspective on socioeconomic inequality in health is a burgeoning field of research. Nonetheless, the three classic life-course models (i.e. sensitive period, cumulative risk and social mobility models) have rarely been simultaneously applied to studies on obesity. Therefore, this study examined the associations of socioeconomic positions (SEPs) across life stages and their associated life-course models with both general and abdominal obesity.

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