Obesity, disease, and functional limitation in later life

Himes, Christine L.

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“…Associations of obesity with diabetes were reported by Himes (34), with data from the Longitudinal Study of Aging and the Assets and Health Dynamics of the Oldest Old Survey, using self-reports of height and weight of elders (Ͼ70 years of age). Must et al (2) documented not only the high prevalence of obesity in the U. S. population, but also the excessive disease burden (including diabetes) of those overweight and obese individuals.…”

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Total and Central Obesity among Elderly Hispanics and the Association with Type 2 Diabetes

Bermúdez

Tucker

2001

Obesity Research

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BERMUDEZ, ODILIA I. AND KATHERINE L. TUCKER. Total and central obesity among elderly Hispanics and the association with type 2 diabetes. Obes Res. 2001;9:443-451. Objective: To report the prevalence of total and central obesity in a representative sample of Puerto Rican and Dominican elders in Massachusetts, to compare them with a neighborhood-based group of non-Hispanic white elders, and to examine associations of obesity indices with the presence of type 2 diabetes. Research Methods and Procedures:We examined the prevalence of overweight, obesity, and central obesity in 596 Hispanics of Caribbean origin, ages 60 to 92 years, and 239 non-Hispanic whites, and tested linear and logistic regression models to determine associations among body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and diabetes. Results: Obesity (BMI Ն 30 kg/m 2 ) was prevalent among all ethnic groups, ranging from 17% to 29% for Dominican and Puerto Rican men, respectively, and from 29% to 40% for non-Hispanic white and Dominican women, respectively. These differences were not statistically significant. Among Hispanic men and women, diabetes was prevalent across all BMI and WC categories but tended to be greatest among those with BMI of 25 to 29 kg/m 2 (41% to 43%). In contrast, diabetes was most prevalent in the obese group (36% to 45%) of non-Hispanic whites. Both BMI and WC were associated with the presence of diabetes, but the coefficients were greater for non-Hispanic whites than for Hispanics. Discussion: Caribbean Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites living in the same Massachusetts localities had high prevalences of overweight and obesity. Total and central obesity exerted a differential effect on the presence of diabetes among ethnic groups; for Hispanics, diabetes was prevalent even among non-obese individuals, whereas for non-Hispanic white women, the prevalence of diabetes was strongly associated with total and central obesity. Additional research is needed to investigate the factors associated with the differential effect of obesity on the prevalence of type 2 diabetes among Hispanic and non-Hispanic white elders.

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Total and Central Obesity among Elderly Hispanics and the Association with Type 2 Diabetes

Bermúdez

Tucker

2001

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Predicting adult health and mortality from adolescent facial characteristics in yearbook photographs

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ongitudinal research in the social sciences has enriched our understanding of the antecedents and consequences of obesity (Crossman, Sullivan, and Benin 2006;Goodman and Whitaker 2002;Himes 2000;Mannino et al. 2006;Novak, Ahlgren, and Hammarstrom 2006;Sundquist and Johansson 1998). Unfortunately, for much of the twentieth century, social scientists did not routinely record the height and weight of study participants (but see, e.g., Ayres 1909). As a consequence, a number of important longitudinal studies that might otherwise provide excellent resources for obesity research-and, more generally, for research on the later consequences of early life characteristics and conditions-are limited by the lack of body mass indicators early in life.The Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS) fi ts the previous description. The WLS is a cohort study of over 10,000 individuals that has been used to study a wide range of health issues, including cognitive function (Krahn et al. 2003;Seltzer et al. 2005

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“…In the most recent data, 35.7 % of adults in the United States-over 78 million people-were considered obese (Ogden et al 2012). Since obesity is associated with a variety of health problems, most notably diabetes (Narayan et al 2007), and with increased disability at older ages (Himes 2000), understanding the mechanisms by which subgroups of the population do and do not gain weight as they age is important.…”

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A Life Course Perspective on Health Trajectories and Transitions

Burton-Jeangros

Cullati

Sacker

et al. 2015

Life Course Research and Social Policies

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Life course research has been developing quickly these last decades for good reasons. Life course approaches focus on essential questions about individuals' trajectories, longitudinal analyses, cross-fertilization across disciplines like lifespan psychology, developmental social psychology, sociology of the life course, social demography, socio-economics, social history. Life course is also at the crossroads of several fields of specialization like family and social relationships, migration, education, professional training and employment, and health. This Series invites academic scholars to present theoretical, methodological, and empirical advances in the analysis of the life course, and to elaborate on possible implications for society and social policies applications.More information about this series at

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Obesity, disease, and functional limitation in later life

Cited by 162 publications

References 33 publications

Total and Central Obesity among Elderly Hispanics and the Association with Type 2 Diabetes

Total and Central Obesity among Elderly Hispanics and the Association with Type 2 Diabetes

Predicting adult health and mortality from adolescent facial characteristics in yearbook photographs

A Life Course Perspective on Health Trajectories and Transitions

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