Open AccessEducational level, relative body weight, and changes in their association over 10 years: an international perspective from the WHO MONICA Project
Author(s) -
A Molarius,
J C Seidell,
S Sans,
J Tuomilehto,
K Kuulasmaa
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.90.8.1260
Subject(s) - demography , body mass index , obesity , socioeconomic status , medicine , population , gerontology , pathology , sociology
This study assessed the consistency and magnitude of the association between educational level and relative body weight in populations with widely different prevalences of over-weight and investigated possible changes in the association over 10 years.