Trends in educational inequalities in obesity in 15 European countries between 1990 and 2010.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prevalence of obesity increased dramatically in many European countries in the past decades. Whether the increase occurred to the same extent in all socioeconomic groups is less known. We systematically assessed and compared the trends in educational inequalities in obesity in 15 different European countries between 1990 and 2010.

Methods

Nationally representative survey data from 15 European countries were harmonized and used in a meta-regression of trends in prevalence and educational inequalities in obesity between 1990 and 2010. Educational inequalities were estimated by means of absolute rate differences and relative rate ratios in men and women aged 30-64 years.

Results

A statistically significant increase in the prevalence of obesity was found fo

SUBMITTER: Hoffmann K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5421333 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature