Socioeconomic inequalities in body mass index across adulthood: coordinated analyses of individual participant data from three British birth cohort studies initiated in 1946, 1958, and 1970

Background High body mass index (BMI) is an important contributor to the global burden of ill-health and health inequality. Lower socioeconomic position (SEP) in both childhood and adulthood is associated with higher adult BMI, but how these associations have changed across time is poorly understood...

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Main Authors: David Bann, Will Johnson, Leah Li, Diana Kuh, Rebecca Hardy
Format: Default Article
Published: 2017
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Other health sciences not elsewhere classified
Socioeconomic factors
Obesity
Overweight
Cross-cohort analysis
Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/23511
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