Black-White Disparities in Overweight and Obesity Trends by Educational Attainment in the United States, 1997–2008
Joint Authors
Yeh, Hsin-Chieh
Jackson, Chandra L.
Dray-Spira, Rosemary
Brancati, Frederick L.
Thorpe, Roland J.
Wang, Nae-Yuh
Szklo, Moyses
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-04-10
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
Few studies have examined racial and educational disparities in recent population-based trends.
Methods.
We analyzed data of a nationally representative sample of 174,228 US-born adults in the National Health Interview Survey from 1997 to 2008.
We determined mean BMI trends by educational attainment and race and black-white prevalence ratios (PRs) for overweight/obesity (BMI > 25 kg/m2) using adjusted Poisson regression with robust variance.
Results.
From 1997 to 2008, BMI increased by ≥1 kg/m2 in all race-sex groups, and appeared to increase faster among whites.
Blacks with greater than a high school education (GHSE) had a consistently higher BMI over time than whites in both women (28.3 ± 0.14 to 29.7 ± 0.18 kg/m2 versus 25.8 ± 0.58 to 26.5 ± 0.08 kg/m2) and men (28.1 ± 0.17 kg/m2 to 29.0 ± 0.20 versus 27.1 ± 0.04 kg/m2 to 28.1 ± 0.06 kg/m2).
For participants of all educational attainment levels, age-adjusted overweight/obesity was greater by 44% (95% CI: 1.42–1.46) in black versus white women and 2% (1.01–1.04) in men.
Among those with GHSE, overweight/obesity prevalence was greater (PR: 1.52; 1.49–1.55) in black versus white women, but greater (1.07; 1.05–1.09) in men.
Conclusions.
BMI increased steadily in all race-sex and education groups from 1997 to 2008, and blacks (particularly women) had a consistently higher BMI than their white counterparts.
Overweight/obesity trends and racial disparities were more prominent among individuals with higher education levels, compared to their counterparts with lower education levels.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Jackson, Chandra L.& Szklo, Moyses& Yeh, Hsin-Chieh& Wang, Nae-Yuh& Dray-Spira, Rosemary& Thorpe, Roland J.…[et al.]. 2013. Black-White Disparities in Overweight and Obesity Trends by Educational Attainment in the United States, 1997–2008. Journal of Obesity،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-448972
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Jackson, Chandra L.…[et al.]. Black-White Disparities in Overweight and Obesity Trends by Educational Attainment in the United States, 1997–2008. Journal of Obesity No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-9.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Jackson, Chandra L.& Szklo, Moyses& Yeh, Hsin-Chieh& Wang, Nae-Yuh& Dray-Spira, Rosemary& Thorpe, Roland J.…[et al.]. Black-White Disparities in Overweight and Obesity Trends by Educational Attainment in the United States, 1997–2008. Journal of Obesity. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-448972
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-448972