Open AccessThe poor stay thinner: stable socioeconomic gradients in BMI among women in lower- and middle-income countries
Author(s) -
Melissa Neuman,
Jocelyn E. Finlay,
George Davey Smith,
S. V. Subramanian
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.3945/ajcn.111.018127
Subject(s) - overweight , socioeconomic status , demography , medicine , poisson regression , body mass index , cross sectional study , obesity , low and middle income countries , gerontology , developing country , environmental health , population , pathology , economic growth , sociology , economics
Recent studies have shown a strong positive association between individual BMI (in kg/m(2)) or overweight prevalence and socioeconomic status (SES) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, it is not clear whether this association is weakening or reversing over time.
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