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Whose socioeconomic status influences a woman's obesity risk: her mother's, her father's, or her own?

Author(s) -

Kylie Ball,

Gita D. Mishra

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyi216

Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , body mass index , obesity , demography , medicine , social class , social status , childhood obesity , social mobility , gerontology , psychology , environmental health , population , overweight , endocrinology , sociology , social science , political science , law

Evidence on the relative influence of childhood vs adulthood socioeconomic conditions on obesity risk is limited and equivocal. The objective of this study was to investigate associations of several indicators of mothers', fathers', and own socioeconomic status, and intergenerational social mobility, with body mass index (BMI) and weight change in young women.

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