Using concentration index to study changes in socio-economic inequality of overweight among US adolescents between 1971 and 2002 | Zendy

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Using concentration index to study changes in socio-economic inequality of overweight among US adolescents between 1971 and 2002

Author(s) -

Qi Zhang,

Youfa Wang

Publication year - 2007

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/dym064

Subject(s) - overweight , national health and nutrition examination survey , ethnic group , obesity , medicine , demography , body mass index , inequality , gerontology , health equity , socioeconomic status , environmental health , public health , population , political science , mathematical analysis , mathematics , nursing , pathology , sociology , law

The prevalence of overweight among adolescents continues to increase in the United States. This study examines the changes in socio-economic status (SES) inequality of overweight among US adolescents in the past three decades.

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