Does childhood socioeconomic status influence adult health through behavioural factors?

Mheen, H. van de; Stronks, Karien; Looman, Caspar W.N.; Mackenbach, Johan P.

doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.431

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“…The question of whether they represent separate in¯uences has rarely been addressed and if so, only in regard to BMI. 38,39 Interestingly, in this study, SES of origin, as ascertained by the occupation of the parent who had been breadwinner, was a strong predictor of general obesity, central adiposity and weight gain, even after controlling for the woman's own socioeconomic status and a number of other background characteristics. In addition, the interaction between parental and own occupation in relation to weight change demonstrates that social mobility signi®cantly affects the magnitude of weight change in this group of Swedish women, particularly among low socioeconomic classes.…”

Section: Weight Gain In Swedish Women Ph Lahmann Et Almentioning

confidence: 47%

“…Occupational variables related both to weight gain, current adiposity and fat patterning, with lower socioeconomic groups having higher values. Few previous studies of SES and obesity 36,37 or health 38 have found that early and late SES both have an independent predictive value for obesity. The question of whether they represent separate in¯uences has rarely been addressed and if so, only in regard to BMI.…”

Section: Weight Gain In Swedish Women Ph Lahmann Et Almentioning

confidence: 91%

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Sociodemographic factors associated with long-term weight gain, current body fatness and central adiposity in Swedish women

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OBJECTIVES: To examine sociodemographic factors associated with long-term adult weight gain and current general and central adiposity in women. DESIGN: Cross-sectional analysis based on data from the Malmo È Diet and Cancer prospective cohort Study (MDCS), Sweden. SUBJECTS: 5464 women aged 45 ± 73 y, who participated in the MDCS between 1994 and 1996. MEASUREMENTS: Weight change was de®ned as the difference between measured weight and recalled weight at age 20. Body composition was estimated from bioelectrical impedance analysis. Waist circumference and waist-hip ratio (WHR) were indicators of central obesity. Sociodemographic factors studied included reproductive, lifestyle and socioeconomic characteristics obtained from a questionnaire. RESULTS: At current age 13% of all women were obese (BMI ! 30), and nearly one-third had a body fat content of b33%. Since age 20, the majority of women (77%) had gained more than 10% of their initial weight. On average, the mean weight change was 12.6 AE 10.0 kg during adult life. Age-adjusted group mean comparisons identi®ed a number of signi®cant sociodemographic variables predicting past weight gain and current obesity. In multivariate analysis, signi®cant independent correlates of weight gain were: age, initial small body size, high parity, early menarche, nonuse of hormone therapy, low self-rated health, non-smoking, no consumption of alcohol, sedentary leisure activity, past change in diet, retirement, low education, low socioeconomic status, and low socioeconomic status of origin. Many of the same variables were independently associated with current waist circumference, WHR, and percentage body fat. CONCLUSIONS: Large weight gain during adult life and a high rate of overweight were observed in this group of Swedish women. Many sociodemographic characteristics were associated with long-term weight gain and recent obesity indices. Initial BMI, smoking, age, physical activity and early socioeconomic status accounted for most of the explained variance in weight change. The ®ndings indicate the importance of identifying environmental determinants of both weight gain and attained fatness, as well as fat distribution.

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Section: Weight Gain In Swedish Women Ph Lahmann Et Almentioning

confidence: 47%

Section: Weight Gain In Swedish Women Ph Lahmann Et Almentioning

confidence: 91%

Sociodemographic factors associated with long-term weight gain, current body fatness and central adiposity in Swedish women

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“…Childhood SEP has not demonstrated a significant independent effect on smoking, alcohol consumption and leisure-time physical activity in adulthood in some studies (Greenlund et al, 1995;Blane et al, 1996). However, among GLOBE participants, a moderate-to-large independent effect of father's occupation on smoking status, alcohol consumption, body mass index (BMI) and physical activity was found, even after participants' own SEP was adjusted for (van de Mheen et al, 1998), and the direction of the independent effects were consistent with socioeconomic gradients in the behaviors (van de Mheen et al, 1998). The fact that childhood SEP demonstrated a significant independent effect only with intakes of some nutrients, and that the direction of these associations were variable may be due to the difficulty of estimating dietary intakes.…”

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confidence: 98%

Dietary intakes of adults in the Netherlands by childhood and adulthood socioeconomic position

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Objective: To determine whether there are socioeconomic differences in the intakes of total fat, fatty acids and fruit among adults in the Netherlands using childhood (parental) and participant's own socioeconomic position (SEP). Furthermore, to quantify the independent effects of childhood and adulthood SEP on dietary behavior in adulthood. Design: Cross-sectional study among participants in the GLOBE study. Subjects: A total of 2512 men and women, aged 25-78 y, living in a region in the southeast Netherlands. Methods: Dietary intakes were collected by an interviewer-administered quantitative food frequency questionnaire. Average daily intakes of total energy, total, saturated, monounsaturated, polyunsaturated fat and fruit were calculated. The highest educational level was used to classify the participant's adulthood SEP. Parental indicators (mother's education and father's occupation when participants were 12 y of age) were used to classify childhood SEP. Results: Males with lower levels of education had moderately higher energy intakes than their more educated counterparts, but did not differ in their intakes of total fat, fatty acids and fruit. Among females, the least educated groups had marginally higher intakes of total and monounsaturated fat than the most educated group, and were less likely to consume fruit. For most of these significant differences, the participant's own education demonstrated independent effects that were consistent with chronic disease inequalities. A small residual effect of mother's education was also demonstrated for intakes of some nutrients for males and females, and for fruit consumption among females. However, the effect size of mother's education was rather small and not always consistent with disease inequalities. Conclusions:The results imply that socioeconomic disparities in intakes of some dietary factors may contribute to inequalities in chronic disease. Adulthood SEP potentially has a more direct influence on dietary intake inequalities than childhood SEP.

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“…1,5,7,[21][22][23] The few studies that have attempted to determine how SES interacts with other sociogeographical factors associated with fitness have produced somewhat-contradictory findings. 1,5,7,13 The present results also agree with previous evidence 5 suggesting that SES-related differences in body size can explain at least partly the association between SES and physical fitness.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Relationship between Socioeconomic Status, Family Income, and Measures of Muscular and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Colombian Schoolchildren

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Lobelo

Correa-Bautista

et al. 2017

The Journal of Pediatrics

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Does childhood socioeconomic status influence adult health through behavioural factors?

Cited by 165 publications

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Sociodemographic factors associated with long-term weight gain, current body fatness and central adiposity in Swedish women

Sociodemographic factors associated with long-term weight gain, current body fatness and central adiposity in Swedish women

Dietary intakes of adults in the Netherlands by childhood and adulthood socioeconomic position

The Relationship between Socioeconomic Status, Family Income, and Measures of Muscular and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Colombian Schoolchildren

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