Political voting in the United Kingdom 2019 general election and risk of living with obesity in a nationally representative sample.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Limited evidence from the United States suggests that county/state rates of people with obesity are positively associated with voting for the Republican Party presidential candidate, although this question has not yet been studied at the individual level, and/or outside of the United States, where the health and political systems are very different in other countries.

Objectives

Using individual level data, assess differences in rates of people with obesity according to political voting in the United Kingdom 2019 general election, and examine whether people living in constituencies won by Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Conservative Party were more likely to be living with obesity than those living in constituencies won by MPs from other parties.

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SUBMITTER: Daley AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11420055 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature