SOCIAL CONTRASTS IN THE INCIDENCE OF OBESITY AMONG ADULT LARGE-CITY DWELLERS IN POLAND IN 1986 AND 1996

The incidence of obesity, defined as the fraction of persons with BMIs exceeding 30·0, was examined in two birth cohorts of 40–50-year-old occupationally active inhabitants of the city of Wrocław, Poland. In both cohorts and both genders obesity increased monotonically with decreasing position on a...

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Published in:Journal of biosocial science 1999-07, Vol.31 (3), p.419-423
Main Authors: ROGUCKA, ELZBIETA, BIELICKI, TADEUSZ
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adults
Age Distribution
Biological and medical sciences
Body Mass Index
Body Weight
Cities
Cohort Studies
Educational Attainment
Educational Status
Female
Humans
Incidence
Male
Medical sciences
Metabolic diseases
Middle Aged
Obesity
Obesity - epidemiology
Other nutritional diseases (malnutrition, nutritional and vitamin deficiencies...)
Poland
Poland - epidemiology
Retrospective Studies
Sex Differences
Sex Distribution
Social Class
Social conditions
Urban areas
Urban Population
Urban Population - statistics & numerical data
Urban Population - trends
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Summary:The incidence of obesity, defined as the fraction of persons with BMIs exceeding 30·0, was examined in two birth cohorts of 40–50-year-old occupationally active inhabitants of the city of Wrocław, Poland. In both cohorts and both genders obesity increased monotonically with decreasing position on a three-level educational scale. During the 1986–1996 decade obesity increased dramatically among males with trade school education only; concomitant shifts were much smaller or absent in the college-educated groups. The contrast in obesity between the opposite ends of the educational scale has widened markedly in both genders; and the between-gender gap has declined somewhat.
ISSN:0021-9320
1469-7599
DOI:10.1017/S0021932099004198