The Unequal Burden of Weight Gain: An Intersectional Approach to Understanding Social Disparities in BMI Trajectories from 1986 to 2001/2002

Autor/inn/en	Ailshire, Jennifer A.; House, James S.
Titel	The Unequal Burden of Weight Gain: An Intersectional Approach to Understanding Social Disparities in BMI Trajectories from 1986 to 2001/2002
Quelle	In: Social Forces, 90 (2011) 2, S.397-423 (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-7732
DOI	10.1093/sf/sor001
Schlagwörter	Body Weight; Body Composition; Income; Racial Differences; Whites; Social Differences; Longitudinal Studies; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Young Adults; Educational Attainment; African Americans + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Körpergewicht; Einkommen; Rassenunterschied; White; Weißer; Sozialer Unterschied; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Afroamerikaner
Abstract	The implications of recent weight gain trends for widening social disparities in body weight in the United States are unclear. Using an intersectional approach to studying inequality, and the longitudinal and nationally representative American's Changing Lives study (1986-2001/2002), we examine social disparities in body mass index trajectories during a time of rapid weight gain in the United States. Results reveal complex interactive effects of gender, race, socioeconomic position and age, and provide evidence for increasing social disparities, particularly among younger adults. Most notably, among individuals who aged from 25-39 to 45-54 during the study interval, low-educated and low-income black women experienced the greatest increase in BMI, while high-educated and high-income white men experienced the least BMI growth. These new findings highlight the importance of investigating changing disparities in weight intersectionally, using multiple dimensions of inequality as well as age, and also presage increasing BMI disparities in the U.S. adult population. (As Provided).
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