Coming unmoored: disproportionate increases in obesity prevalence among young, disadvantaged white women.
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Robinson, WR; Kershaw, KN; Mezuk, B; Rafferty, J; Lee, H; Johnson-Lawrence, V; Seamans, MJ; Jackson, JS
Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring)
January 2015
OBJECTIVES: Since the 1980s, older, low-educated White women experienced an unprecedented decrease in life expectancy. We investigated whether a similar phenomenon was evident among younger women for obesity. METHODS: Using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, age-adjusted changes were estimated in the prevalence of overall and abdominal obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m(2) , waist circumference > 88 cm) between 1988-1994 and 2003-2010 among non-Hispanic White women aged 25-44 years, stratified by educational attainment (
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Obesity (Silver Spring)
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1930-739X
Publication Date
January 2015
Volume
23
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1
Start / End Page
213 / 219
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United States
Related Subject Headings
- White People
- Waist Circumference
- Vulnerable Populations
- Risk
- Prevalence
- Poverty
- Obesity, Abdominal
- Obesity
- Nutrition Surveys
- Humans
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Robinson, W. R., Kershaw, K. N., Mezuk, B., Rafferty, J., Lee, H., Johnson-Lawrence, V., … Jackson, J. S. (2015). Coming unmoored: disproportionate increases in obesity prevalence among young, disadvantaged white women. Obesity (Silver Spring), 23(1), 213–219. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.20913
Robinson, Whitney R., Kiarri N. Kershaw, Briana Mezuk, Jane Rafferty, Hedwig Lee, Vicki Johnson-Lawrence, Marissa J. Seamans, and James S. Jackson. “Coming unmoored: disproportionate increases in obesity prevalence among young, disadvantaged white women.” Obesity (Silver Spring) 23, no. 1 (January 2015): 213–19. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.20913.
Robinson WR, Kershaw KN, Mezuk B, Rafferty J, Lee H, Johnson-Lawrence V, et al. Coming unmoored: disproportionate increases in obesity prevalence among young, disadvantaged white women. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2015 Jan;23(1):213–9.
Robinson, Whitney R., et al. “Coming unmoored: disproportionate increases in obesity prevalence among young, disadvantaged white women.” Obesity (Silver Spring), vol. 23, no. 1, Jan. 2015, pp. 213–19. Pubmed, doi:10.1002/oby.20913.
Robinson WR, Kershaw KN, Mezuk B, Rafferty J, Lee H, Johnson-Lawrence V, Seamans MJ, Jackson JS. Coming unmoored: disproportionate increases in obesity prevalence among young, disadvantaged white women. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2015 Jan;23(1):213–219.
Published In
Obesity (Silver Spring)
DOI
EISSN
1930-739X
Publication Date
January 2015
Volume
23
Issue
1
Start / End Page
213 / 219
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- White People
- Waist Circumference
- Vulnerable Populations
- Risk
- Prevalence
- Poverty
- Obesity, Abdominal
- Obesity
- Nutrition Surveys
- Humans