Obesity and socioeconomic disadvantage in midlife female public sector employees: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The two-way relationship between obesity and socioeconomic disadvantage is well established but previous studies on social and economic consequences of obesity have primarily focused on relatively young study populations. We examined whether obesity is associated with socioeconomic disadvantage through the 10-12-year follow-up, and how obesity-related socioeconomic inequalities develop during midlife among women.

Methods

Baseline data were derived from the female population of the Helsinki Health Study cohort, comprising 40-60 -year-old employees of the City of Helsinki, Finland in 2000-2002 (n = 6913, response rate 69%). The follow-up surveys were carried out in 2007 (n = 5810) and 2012 (n = 5400). Socioeconomic disadvantage was measured by five dichotomous measu

SUBMITTER: Hiilamo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5655943 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature