Socio-economic accounting of inequalities in excess weight: a population-based analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prevalence of excess weight has been increasing globally in the last decades, affecting disproportionally adults from low socio-economic backgrounds and putting undue pressure on health systems and societal resources. In England, tackling unfair and unjust health inequalities is at the heart of national public health policy, and a prerequisite for enabling these decision makers to set policy priorities is an understanding of the prevalence and determinants of excess weight inequalities in their local population.

Methods

We conducted both pooled (England) and regional-level (nine regions: North-East, North-West, Yorkshire and Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East and South West) analyses of individual level data from a nation

SUBMITTER: Candio P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10116779 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature