Obesity persistence and duration dependence: Evidence from a cohort of US adults (1985–2010)

Daouli, Joan; Davillas, Apostolos; Demoussis, Michael; Giannakopoulos, Nicholas

doi:10.1016/j.ehb.2013.07.002

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“…Duration-dependence has been examined in some areas of social and behavioral research, including residential relocation (Gordon and Molho 1995), unemployment (van den Berg and van Ours 1996), and obesity (Daouli et al 2014). All three outcomes showed patterns of duration dependence in which the likelihood of positive change (i.e., moving, getting a job, and losing weight) increased for some time, after which additional time was associated with decreased likelihood of change.…”

Section: Duration-dependencementioning

confidence: 99%

Taking Time Seriously

George

2014

J Health Soc Behav

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Sociological research on mental health focuses on a multitude of dynamic processes, including changes in psychological symptoms or the onset of a mental disorder, the course and outcome of mental health problems, and the associations of mental health with a wide variety of time-varying social risk and protective factors. I argue that scholars studying mental health have, thus far, only scratched the surface of the temporal dynamics upon which mental health and illness rest. Two broad research issues are reviewed to illustrate important temporal issues that have been neglected or understudied in mental health research: (1) specific dimensions of temporality, which focus on dynamic processes at the individual level, and (2) the age-period-cohort model, which focuses on mental health at the population level. Priority topics for future research that takes time seriously are recommended.

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Section: Duration-dependencementioning

confidence: 99%

Taking Time Seriously

George

2014

J Health Soc Behav

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Duration of US Residence and Obesity Risk in NYC Chinese Immigrants

Afable

Yeh

Trivedi

et al. 2015

J Immigrant Minority Health

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We evaluated whether duration of time in the US is associated with obesity risk in NYC Chinese immigrants. We analyzed cross-sectional survey data on 2072 men and women. Duration of US residence was categorized into ≤5, 6–15, and 15 years and over. Obesity was defined using WHO Asian standards: BMI of 27.5 kg/m2 or greater. Diet and physical activity (PA) were assessed as potential explanatory variables. After adjusting for covariates, increased time in the US was associated with an increased obesity risk (OR 1.49; 95 % CI 1.06, 2.08 for 15 years or more vs. ≤5 years); and in separate analysis, with having reported no work related PA (OR 0.76; 95 % CI 0.59, 0.99). Findings suggest that increased time living in the US is associated with an increased obesity risk, a finding possibly explained by a shift to more sedentary lifestyle characteristic of the transition of immigrants to the US.

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