Income-related inequities of adult obesity and central obesity in China: evidence from the China Health and Nutrition Survey 1997-2011.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to analyse the status regarding inequities in adult obesity and central obesity in China. Thus, income-related inequality for both diseases and the underlying factors were examined.

Methods and design

The China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS)-conducted from 1997 to 2011-included 128 307 participants; in this study, 79 566 individuals classified as obese and 65 250 regarded as suffering from central obesity according to the CHNS were analysed. A body mass index greater than 27 was considered indicative of obesity; men and women with a waist circumference of more than 102 cm and 80 cm, respectively, were considered as suffering from central obesity. The concentration index was employed to analyse inequality in adult obesity and central o

SUBMITTER: Zhou L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7604817 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature