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The social patterning of relative body weight and obesity in Denmark and Finland

Author(s) -

Sirpa SarlioLähteenkorva,

Inge Lissau,

Eero Lahelma

Publication year - 2005

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/cki160

Subject(s) - obesity , danish , demography , marital status , body mass index , logistic regression , educational attainment , medicine , gerontology , social status , population , sociology , endocrinology , philosophy , linguistics , economic growth , economics , social science

Relative body weight is typically inversely associated with social status in affluent societies but studies comparing the social patterning of relative body weight and obesity in different countries have only seldom been conducted. The aim of this study was to analyse and compare the social patterning of relative weight and obesity by occupational status, educational attainment and marital status between Danish and Finnish women and men.

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