Social origins, early hardship and obesity: A strong association in women, but not in men?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1692-1699

  Khlat, Myriam ^a   Jusot, Florence ^b   Ville, Isabelle ^c  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Body mass index (BMI); Early hardship; Family history; France; Gender; Obesity; Social origins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; OBESITY; WOMENS STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILY HISTORY; FATHER; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PARITY; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FATHERS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 65249185592     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.02.024     Document Type: Article

References (68)

1. Allison, P. (1999). Logistic regression using the SAS system. Theory and application. Cary, NC.
2. Aphramor L. Is a weight-centred health framework salutogenic? Some thoughts on unhinging certain dietary ideologies. Social Theory and Health 3 (2005) 315-340
3. Artazcoz L., Borrell C., and Benach J. Gender inequalities in health among workers: the relation with family demands. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 55 9 (2001) 639-647
4. Ball K., and Mishra G.D. Whose socioeconomic status influences a woman's obesity risk: her mother's, her father's, or her own?. International Journal of Epidemiology 35 1 (2006) 131-138
5. Batty G., Lawlor D., Macintyre S., Clark H., and Leon D. Accuracy of adults' recall of childhood social class: findings from the Aberdeen children of the 1950s study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 59 10 (2005) 898-903
6. Ben-Shlomo Y., and Kuh D. A life course approach to chronic disease epidemiology: conceptual models, empirical challenges and interdisciplinary perspectives. International Journal of Epidemiology 31 2 (2002) 285-293
7. Blane D., Netuveli G., and Stone J. The development of life course epidemiology. Revue d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique 55 1 (2007) 31-38
8. Caballero B. The global epidemic of obesity: an overview. Epidemiologic Reviews 29 (2007) 1-5
9. Candib L. Obesity and diabetes in vulnerable populations: reflections on proximal and distal causes. Annals of Family Medicine 5 6 (2007) 547-556
10. Chenu A. L'archipel des employés (1990), INSEE, Paris
11. Cottrell E., and Ozanne S. Early life programming of obesity and metabolic disease. Physiology & Behavior 94 1 (2008) 17-28
12. Crenner E., Donnat E., Guérin-Pace F., Houseaux F., and Ville F. L'élaboration d'une enquête quantitative sur la construction des identités. Economie et Statistique 393-394 (2006) 7-18
13. de Saint Pol T. Obésité et milieux sociaux en France: les inégalités augmentent. Bulletin Epidémiologique Hebdomadaire 20 (2008) 175-179
14. Desrosières A., and Thévenot L. Les catégories socio-professionnelles (2002), La Découverte, Paris
15. Ebrahim S., Montaner D., and Lawlor D.A. Clustering of risk factors and social class in childhood and adulthood in British women's heart and health study: cross-sectional analysis. British Medical Journal 328 7444 (2004) 861-865
16. Ermisch J., and Francesconi M. Family structure and children's achievements. Journal of Population Economics 14 (2001) 249-270
17. Esping-Andersen G. Untying the Gordian knot of social inheritance. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 21 (2004) 115-138
18. Etilé F. Social norms, ideal body weight and food attitudes. Health Economics 16 9 (2007) 945-966
19. Francesconi M., Jenkis P., and Siedler T. The impact of family structure during childhood on later-life attainment (2005), Anglo-German Foundation, London
20. Galobardes B., Davey Smith G., and Lynch J. Systematic review of the influence of childhood socioeconomic circumstances on risk for cardiovascular disease in adulthood. Annals of Epidemiology 16 2 (2006) 91-104
21. Galobardes B., Lynch J., and Davey Smith G. Childhood socioeconomic circumstances and cause-specific mortality in adulthood: systematic review and interpretation. Epidemiologic Reviews 26 (2004) 7-21
22. Giskes K., van Lenthe F., Turrell G., Kamphuis C., Brug J., and Mackenbach J. Socioeconomic position at different stages of the life course and its influence on body weight and weight gain in adulthood: a longitudinal study with 13-year follow-up. Obesity 16 6 (2008) 1377-1381
23. Hales C., and Barker D. Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus: the thrifty phenotype hypothesis. Diabetologia 35 (1992) 595-601
24. Hamil-Luker J., and O'Rand A.M. Gender differences in the link between socioeconomic conditions and heart attack risk in adulthood. Demography 44 1 (2007) 137-158
25. Hayward M., and Gorman B. The long arm of childhood: the influence of early-life social conditions on men's mortality. Demography 41 1 (2004) 87-107
26. Heraclides A., Witte D., and Brunner E.J. The association between father's social class and adult obesity is not explained by educational attainment and an unhealthy lifestyle in adulthood. European Journal of Epidemiology 23 8 (2008) 573-579
27. Hill S., Wei-Jun J., and Duncan G. Childhood family structure and young adult behaviors. Journal of Population Economics 14 (2001) 271-299
28. James S., Fowler-Brown A., Raghunathan T., and Van Hoewyk J. Life-course socioeconomic position and obesity in African American women: the Pitt County study. American Journal of Public Health 96 3 (2006) 554-560
29. Jarvis S., and Jenkins S. Marital splits and income changes: evidence from the British Household Panel Survey. Population Studies 53 (1999) 237-254
30. Johnson J., Cohen P., Kasen S., and Brook J. Childhood adversities associated with risk for eating disorders or weight problems during adolescence or early adulthood. American Journal of Psychiatry 159 3 (2004) 394-400
31. Joshi H., Cooksey E., Wiggins R., McCulloch A., Verropoulou G., and Clarke L. Diverse family living situations and child development: a multi-level analysis comparing longitudinal evidence from Britain and the United States. International Journal of Law. Policy and the Family 13 (1999) 292-314
32. Jusot F., Khlat M., Rochereau T., and Sermet C. Job loss from poor health, smoking and obesity: a national prospective survey in France. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 62 4 (2008) 332-337
33. Kauhanen L., Lakka H., Luynch J., and Kauhanen J. Social disadvantages in childhood and risk of all-cause death and cardiovascular disease in later life: a comparison of historical and retrospective childhood information. International Journal of Epidemiology 35 4 (2006) 962-968
34. Kim S., Stein A., and Martorell R. Country development and the association between parity and overweight. International Journal of Obesity 31 5 (2007) 805-812
35. Laaksonen M., Rahkonen O., Martikainen P., and Lahelma E. Socioeconomic position and self-rated health: the contribution of childhood socioeconomic circumstances, adult socioeconomic status, and material resources. American Journal of Public Health 95 8 (2005) 1403-1409
36. Laaksonen M., Silventoinen K., Martikainen P., Rahkonen O., Pitkäniemi J., and Lahelma E. The effects of childhood circumstances, adult socioeconomic status, and material circumstances on physical and mental functioning: a structural equation modelling approach. Annals of Epidemiology 17 6 (2007) 431-439
37. Laitinen J., Power C., and Marjo-Riitta J. Family social class, maternal body mass index, childhood body mass index, and age at menarche as predictors of adult obesity. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 74 3 (2001) 287-294
38. Langenberg C., Hardy R., Kuh D., Brunner E., and Wadsworth M. Central and total obesity in middle aged men and women in relation to lifetime socioeconomic status: evidence from a national birth cohort. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 57 10 (2003) 816-822
39. Langenberg C., Kuh D., Wadsworth M.E.J., Brunner E., and Hardy R. Social circumstances and education: life course origins of social inequalities in metabolic risk in a prospective national birth cohort. American Journal of Public Health 96 12 (2006) 2216-2221
40. Lawlor D., Ronalds G., Macintyre S., and Leon D. Family socioeconomic position at birth and future cardiovascular disease risk: findings from the Aberdeen Children of the 1950s cohort study. American Journal of Public Health 96 7 (2006) 1271-1277
41. Lee S., Sobal J., Frongillo E., Olson C., and Wolfe W. Parity and body weight in the United States: differences by race and size of place of residence. Obesity Research 13 7 (2005) 1263-1269
42. Lidfeldt J., Li T., Hu F., Manson J., and Kawachi I. A prospective study of childhood and adult socioeconomic status and incidence of type 2 diabetes in women. American Journal of Epidemiology 165 8 (2007) 882-889
43. Looker E. Accuracy of proxy reports of parental status characteristics. Social Education 62 (1989) 257-276
44. Mackenbach J.P., Stirbu I., Roskam A.J., Schaap M.M., Menvielle G., Leinsalu M., et al. Socioeconomic inequalities in health in 22 European countries. The New England Journal of Medicine 358 23 (2008) 2468-2481
45. Maty S., Lynch J., Raghunathan T., and Kaplan G. Childhood socioeconomic position, gender, adult body mass index, and incidence of type 2 Diabetes Mellitus over 34 years in the Alameda county study. American Journal of Public Health 98 8 (2008) 1486-1494
46. Mauss M. Les techniques du corps. Journal de psychologie (1934) 3-4 XXXII
47. McLaren L. Socioeconomic status and obesity. Epidemiologic Reviews 29 (2007) 29-48
48. Melchior M., Lert F., Martin M., and Ville I. Socioeconomic position in childhood and in adulthood and functional limitations in midlife: data from a nationally-representative survey of French men and women. Social Science & Medicine 63 11 (2006) 2813-2824
49. Mirowsky J., and Ross C. Education, personal control, lifestyle and health. Research on Aging 20 4 (1998) 415-449
50. Ness R., Harris T., Cobb J., Flegal K., Kelsey J., Balanger A., et al. Number of pregnancies and the subsequent risk of cardiovascular disease. The New England Journal of Medicine 328 21 (1993) 1528-1533
51. Niedhammer I., Bugel I., Bonenfant S., Goldberg M., and Leclerc A. Validity of self-reported weight and height in the French Gazel cohort. International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Diseases 24 9 (2000) 1111-1118
52. Okasha M., McCarron P., McEwen J., Durnin J., and Davey Smith G. Childhood social class and adulthood obesity findings from the Glasgow Alumni Cohort. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 57 7 (2003) 508-509
53. Olson C. Nutrition and health outcomes associated with food insecurity and hunger. Journal of Nutrition 129 2 (1999) 521S-524S
54. Parsons T.J., Power C., Logan S., and Summerbell C.D. Childhood predictors of adult obesity: a systematic review. International Journal of Obesity 23 Suppl 8 (1999) S1-S107
55. Power C. Childhood adversity still matters for adult health outcomes. The Lancet 360 9346 (2002) 1619-1620
56. Power C., Graham H., Due P., Hallqvist J., Joung I., Kuh D., et al. The contribution of childhood and adult socioeconomic position to adult obesity and smoking behaviour: an international comparison. International Journal of Epidemiology 34 2 (2005) 335-344
57. Power C., Manor O., and Matthews S. Child to adult socioeconomic conditions and obesity in a national cohort. International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders 27 9 (2003) 1081-1086
58. Power C., Matthews S., and Manor O. Inequalities in self-rated health in the 1958 birth cohort: lifetime social circumstances or social mobility?. British Medical Journal 313 7055 (1996) 449-453
59. Preston S., Hill M., and Drevenstedt G. Childhood conditions that predict survival to advanced ages among Africans-Americans. Social Science & Medicine 47 9 (1998) 1231-1246
60. Ravelli A., van der Meulen J., Osmond C., Barker D., and Bleker O. Obesity at the age of 50 y in men and women exposed to famine prenatally. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 70 5 (1999) 811-816
61. Régnier F. Obésité, corpulence et souci de minceur: inégalités sociales en France et aux Etats-Unis. Cahiers de Nutrition et de Diététique 41 2 (2006) 97-103
62. Ruffin D., and Ville I. Les expériences de santé comme vecteur de l'identité. Economie et Statistique 393-394 (2006) 61-79
63. Thomas C., Hyppönen E., and Power C. Obesity and type 2 diabetes risk in midadult life: the role of childhood adversity. Pediatrics 121 (2008) e1240-e1249
64. van de Mheen H., Stronks K., van Den Bos J., and Mackenbach J.P. The contribution of childhood environment to the explanation of socio-economic inequalities in health in adult life: a retrospective study. Social Science & Medicine 44 1 (1997) 13-24
65. Wamala S., Wolk A., and Orth-Gomér K. Determinants of obesity in relation to socioeconomic status among middle-aged Swedish women. Preventive Medicine 26 5 Pt 1 (1997) 734-744
66. Wardle J., Waller J., and Jarvis M. Sex differences in the association of socioeconomic status with obesity. American Journal of Public Health 92 8 (2002) 1299-1304
67. Warin M., Rurner K., Moore V., and Davies M. Bodies, mothers and identities: rethinking obesity and the BMI. Sociology of Health & Illness 30 1 (2008) 97-111
68. Wolfe B., Haveman R., Ginther D., and An C. The "window problem" in studies of children's attainments: a methodological exploration. Journal of the American Statistical Association 91 435 (1996) 970-982