Cumulative Disadvantage and Health: Long-Term Consequences of Obesity?

Ferraro, Kenneth F.; Kelley‐Moore, Jessica A.

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“…They concluded that obesity, especially early in life, is consistently related to body disability. Moreover, the results show that obesity affects the life course considerably due to the long-term consequences during adulthood (Ferraro & Kelley-Moore, 2003). These findings support the idea that the long term consequences of obesity may be considered an accumulation of risk factors over the life course.…”

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Life Course Perspective and Body Weight Discrimination: An Integrated Approach to Understand the Relationship Between Obesity and Food Insecurity in Women.

Martínez-Jaikel

2017

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Life course perspective and body weight discrimination: an integrated approach to understand the relationship between obesity and food insecurity in women.Perspectiva del ciclo vital y discriminación por exceso de peso: un enfoque integrado para entender la relación entre la obesidad y la inseguridad alimentaria en mujeres. Tatiana Martínez Jaikel 1  ABSTRACT: Introduction: Excess body weight, is a prevalent and growing health problem among U.S. women and has multiple consequences on their health. Women with excess weight experience discrimination in multiple domains. Multiple studies have concluded that household food insecurity (HFI) is often associated with excess body weight in women, but not men. The more prevalent assumption has been that HFI leads to obesity. But, there has been an increase in the studies that propose the opposite. Purpose: Applying a life course perspective will provide a better understanding about how weight-based discrimination, across multiple domains, and poorer health due to obesity may lead to food insecurity in women. Results: Reduced opportunities in the domains of employment, education and marital relationships have a considerable impact on the economic situation of the excess weight women and finally could lead obese women to food insecurity. Conclusion: Using this approach has the potential to ask research questions that have been previously unexplored and plan interventions and policies to address this health inequality. Keywords: obesity; food insecurity; weight discrimination; women  RESUMEN: Introducción: El exceso de peso corporal, es un problema de salud prevalente y creciente entre las mujeres de los Estados Unidos y tiene múltiples consecuencias sobre su salud. Las mujeres con exceso de peso experimentan discriminación en diversos espacios. Varios estudios han llegado a la conclusión de que la inseguridad alimentaria enel hogar,suele estar asociada con el exceso de peso corporal en las mujeres, pero no así en los hombres. La hipótesis más frecuente ha sido que la inseguridad alimentaria conduce al exceso de peso. Pero, ha habido un aumento en los estudios que proponen lo contrario. Propósito: La aplicación de una perspectiva del ciclo vital proporcionará una mejor comprensión de cómo la discriminación basada en el peso, a través de múltiples espacios, y el deterioro de la salud producto de la obesidad podría conducir a la inseguridad alimentaria en las mujeres. Resultados: Oportunidades reducidas en los ámbitos del empleo, la educación y las relaciones sentimentales, tienen un impacto considerable sobre la situación económica del exceso de peso de las mujeres y finalmente pueden llevar a las mujeres obesas a la inseguridad alimentaria. Conclusiones: El uso de esta perspectiva, nos proporciona el potencial de plantear preguntas de investigación que han sido previamente inexplorada, así como, planear intervenciones y políticas para abordar esta desigualdad en salud. Palabras Clave: obesidad; inseguridad alimentaria; discriminación basada en el peso; Overweight and ob...

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Life Course Perspective and Body Weight Discrimination: An Integrated Approach to Understand the Relationship Between Obesity and Food Insecurity in Women.

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2017

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“…Because childhood is of particular import for the development of factors that help differentiate life course trajectories (O'Rand, 1996;Shaw & Krause, 2002), adverse experiences and disadvantage occurring during this time may erode psychosocial resources. Individuals who encounter adverse experiences early in life may be set on a trajectory of disadvantage that ultimately results in negative health outcomes (Ferraro & Kelley-Moore, 2003;Wickrama, Conger, Wallace, & Elder, 2003).More generally, cumulative disadvantage theory explains the differences among people that occur over time (Dannefer, 2003). It has been used to explain cohort differences in a variety of socioeconomic indicators (Ross & Wu, 1996;Schieman, 2001), and its applicability to health outcomes has also been established (Ferraro & Kelley-Moore, 2003;Wadsworth, 1997).…”

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“…Individuals who encounter adverse experiences early in life may be set on a trajectory of disadvantage that ultimately results in negative health outcomes (Ferraro & Kelley-Moore, 2003;Wickrama, Conger, Wallace, & Elder, 2003).…”

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“…It has been used to explain cohort differences in a variety of socioeconomic indicators (Ross & Wu, 1996;Schieman, 2001), and its applicability to health outcomes has also been established (Ferraro & Kelley-Moore, 2003;Wadsworth, 1997). There is widespread recognition among medical sociologists and epidemiologists that the resources, opportunities, and experiences-positive and negative-that accumulate throughout the life course are important determinants of health (Wadsworth, 1997).The exposure to and effects of risk accumulate over one's life often leading to additional negative outcomes (Ferraro & Kelley-Moore, 2003;O'Rand, 1996;Ross & Wu, 1996;Wadsworth, 1997). The effects of child abuse may be unique because the experience of violence often occurs within the context of the family, and there is nowhere that the individual can go to feel safe from another attack (Williams, 2003).…”

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Reports of Abusive Experiences During Childhood and Adult Health Ratings

Irving

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2006

J Aging Health

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Objectives-This study examines the relationship between reports of childhood abuse and selfrated health in adulthood, and the potential of personal control to serve as a mediator.Method-Regression models were estimated using data from the National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS).Results-Reported emotional abuse was associated with lower personal control. In addition, women who reported emotional abuse by mother or both parents were more likely than women who were not abused to report lower self-rated health. The relationship between emotional abuse by both parents and self-rated health was mediated by personal control.Discussion-The findings suggest that there are long-term health consequences of early childhood abuse. The effects of childhood abusive experiences, however, operate differently for men and women and are dependent on the outcome examined. Childhood abuse compromises personal control that, in turn, leads to lower health ratings. Keywords child abuse; health ratingsThe events that people experience help shape the life course; however, some people are more likely to be exposed to many negative and potentially traumatic events. Exposure to negative events is not random or based on chance alone; rather, social structures and processes predispose some people to face such events with increased frequency. The negative effects of these experiences may accumulate over time exposing the individual to greater risk. Life course researchers have found that adverse experiences, such as parental loss or living in a violent household, are not without consequence and may have a relatively enduring effect on health throughout adulthood (Felitti, 2002;Felitti et al., 1998;Grimstad & Schei, 1999;White & Widom, 2003;Williamson, Thompson, Anda, Dietz, & Felitti, 2002).Although much of the extant research has focused on the effects of childhood sexual abuse (Classen et al., 2002;Grimstad & Schei, 1999), research reveals that physical and emotional abuse occur far more frequently in American households (Administration on Children, Youth, and Families [ACF], 2002). The consequences of child abuse are widespread. Adults who were physically or emotionally abused as children are more likely to report experiencing physical health problems (Felitti et al., 1998;Kendall-Tackett & Marshall, 1999;Shaw & Krause, 2002;Springer, Sheridan, Kuo, & Carnes, 2003), engage in negative health-related behaviors Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Shalon Irving, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907−1365; e-mail: irvings@cla.purdue.edu.. (Caetano, Field, & Nelson, 2003;Dietz et al., 1999;Horwitz, Widom, McLaughlin, & White, 2001), and have impaired psychosocial resource development (Kendall-Tackett, 2002;Kessler & Magee, 1994;Shaw & Krause, 2002). These adverse consequences are often magnified when individuals are exposed to more than one abusive experience or frequent abuse (Dong, Anda, Dube, Giles, & Felitti, 2003;Dube, Anda, Felitti...

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“…The sociological literature has suggested that major social changes are unique in specific time periods. Certain cohorts may be immune to social changes, but they themselves have strong explanatory power of the health variations, especially at the societal level (Chen et al, 2010;Ferrao & Kelly-Moore, 2003). These assumptions remain at the hypothesis level before they are formally tested.…”

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How Does Age Matter in the Linkage between Religious Involvement and Adult Self-Rated Health?

Zhang¹

2015

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Through conducting an age, period, and cohort analysis by running cross-classified random effect models, this research studies how age plays a role in the religious involvement and health relationship. Data are drawn from the U.S. General Social Survey, 1972 to 2008. For the most part, the results show that after controlling for the cohort and period effects, there is a loss of advantages in health with age for those who are more involved in religion. This finding suggests that when the period and cohort effects are taken into consideration, the cumulative advantage theory may not be supported in this case.

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Cumulative Disadvantage and Health: Long-Term Consequences of Obesity?

Cited by 313 publications

References 86 publications

Life Course Perspective and Body Weight Discrimination: An Integrated Approach to Understand the Relationship Between Obesity and Food Insecurity in Women.

Life Course Perspective and Body Weight Discrimination: An Integrated Approach to Understand the Relationship Between Obesity and Food Insecurity in Women.

Reports of Abusive Experiences During Childhood and Adult Health Ratings

How Does Age Matter in the Linkage between Religious Involvement and Adult Self-Rated Health?

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