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Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status in Relation to 10‐Year Weight Gain in the Black Women's Health Study
Author(s) -
Coogan Patricia F.,
Cozier Yvette C.,
Krishnan Supriya,
Wise Lauren A.,
AdamsCampbell Lucile L.,
Rosenberg Lynn,
Palmer Julie R.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
obesity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.438
H-Index - 199
eISSN - 1930-739X
pISSN - 1930-7381
DOI - 10.1038/oby.2010.69
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , overweight , obesity , medicine , weight gain , demography , incidence (geometry) , prospective cohort study , body mass index , gerontology , body weight , environmental health , population , physics , sociology , optics
We prospectively assessed the association of neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) with 10‐year weight change and with incident obesity among 48,359 women in the Black Women's Health Study (BWHS). Lower neighborhood SES was significantly associated with 10‐year weight gain after adjustment for individual SES and behavioral variables, such as physical activity and caloric intake. Low neighborhood SES was also associated with increased incidence of obesity during 10 years of follow‐up among women of normal weight at baseline (BMI <25 kg/m 2 ). The associations were most evident among BWHS participants who had graduated from college. These prospective data suggest that lower neighborhood SES contributes to overweight and obesity in African‐American women.