Social class and changes in weight-for-height between childhood and early adulthood.
Social class and changes in weight-for-height between childhood and early adulthood.
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社会阶层以及儿童期和成年早期之间的身高体重变化。
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发表时间：
1988
影响因子：
4.9
通讯作者：
C. Moynihan
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作者：
C. Power;C. Moynihan
1958年的一项纵向研究调查了来自不同社会阶层背景的人体重与身高的变化。研究发现，超重和肥胖患病率的社会阶层差异在儿童时期可以忽略不计，但在成年早期就很明显，社会阶层较低的人超重和肥胖的比例更高。当调查对象根据自己的职业进行分类时，这种差异在肥胖男性中是3倍，在肥胖女性中是2倍。然而，早期阶级背景的长期影响也出现了。与非手工背景的同龄人（3%）相比，手工背景的孩子更有可能成为超重和肥胖的年轻人（占7岁时平均身高体重的7%）。有趣的是，他们也更有可能在成年早期保持超重或肥胖。预防早期体重增加的方法虽然目前还不完善，但需要确保这些方法与社会阶层背景较低的年轻人相关。
The changes in weight-for-height of those from different social class backgrounds have been examined in the 1958 longitudinal study. Social class differences in the prevalence of overweight and obesity were found to be negligible in childhood but marked by early adulthood, with a greater percentage of overweight and obesity in lower social classes. This different was three-fold among obese men and two-fold among obese women when respondents were classified on the basis of their own occupation. However, a longer term effect of early class backgrounds also emerged. Children from manual backgrounds were more likely to become overweight and obese young adults (7 per cent of those with average weight-for-height at age 7) compared with their non-manual contemporaries (3 per cent). Interestingly, they were also more likely to remain overweight or obese through to early adulthood. Methods preventing weight gain in early life, whilst poorly developed at present, need to ensure that approaches are relevant to young people with lower social class backgrounds.