Educational inequalities in obesity: a multilevel analysis of survey data from cities in Latin America.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Using newly harmonised individual-level data on health and socio-economic environments in Latin American cities (from the Salud Urbana en América Latina (SALURBAL) study), we assessed the association between obesity and education levels and explored potential effect modification of this association by city-level socio-economic development.

Design

This cross-sectional study used survey data collected between 2002 and 2017. Absolute and relative educational inequalities in obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m², derived from measured weight and height) were calculated first. Then, a two-level mixed-effects logistic regression was run to test for effect modification of the education-obesity association by city-level socio-economic development. All analyses were stratified

SUBMITTER: Mazariegos M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7613035 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature