How Does Socioeconomic Status Affect Chinese Adolescents’ Weight Status?: A Study of Possible Pathways

Zhang, Li; Qiu, Liya; Ding, Zhihong; Hwang, Karam

doi:10.1080/21620555.2018.1526067

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“…Results of the present study are consistent with previous literature that has examined the relationship between household socioeconomic status and BMI and body fat [53][54][55]. However, diverging from the previous studies that omitted gender in their models, the results of the present study suggested that gender was a significant moderator in the adolescent obesity modeling equation.…”

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Adolescent Obesity Modeling: A Framework of Socio-Economic Analysis on Public Health

Jenatabadi

Shamsi

et al. 2021

Healthcare

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Bayesian Structural Equation Modeling (SEM-Bayesian) was applied across different research areas to model the correlation between manifest and latent variables. The primary purpose of this study is to introduce a new framework of complexity to adolescent obesity modeling based on adolescent lifestyle through the application of SEM-Bayesian. The introduced model was designed based on the relationships among several factors: household socioeconomic status, healthy food intake, unhealthy food intake, lifestyle, body mass index (BMI) and body fat. One of the main contributions of this study is from considering both BMI and body fat as dependent variables. To demonstrate the reliability of the model, especially in terms of its fitting and accuracy, real-time data were extracted and analyzed across 881 adolescents from secondary schools in Tehran, Iran. The output of this study may be helpful for researchers who are interested in adolescent obesity modeling based on the lifestyle and household socioeconomic status of adolescents.

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Adolescent Obesity Modeling: A Framework of Socio-Economic Analysis on Public Health

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“…This group therefore demonstrated the best health outcomes among all three classes. Such findings can be explained by China's current transitional stage in which consuming high-fat and energy-condensed food and having a more sedentary lifestyle are considered a privilege of people with higher SES ( 78 ). Thus, the oldest-old in class 2 had less healthy lifestyles but better health outcomes.…”

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Living arrangements, health lifestyles, and health outcomes among Chinese oldest-old

Wang,

Zhang,

Wang

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Front. Public Health

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BackgroundPrior literature has documented a strong correlation between living arrangements and older adults' health outcomes. However, few studies have explained why this association exists. This study took the health lifestyle theory approach and brought health lifestyles into the link between living arrangements and Chinese oldest-old health outcomes. It examined (1) whether healthy lifestyle behaviors among the oldest-old varied by household contexts and (2) whether the health disparities among the Chinese oldest-old in different household contexts could be partially explained by their healthy lifestyles.MethodsUsing the most recent 2018 data released by the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS), latent class analysis was applied to identify predominant health lifestyles among the Chinese oldest-old aged 85-105 years. Regression analyses were used to test the mediating effect of health lifestyles.ResultsThree distinct classes representing the health lifestyles of Chinese oldest-old emerged; health lifestyle patterns were found to vary by elders' living arrangements. The respondent's health lifestyles in diverse residential structures served as a mediator which can partially explain the health disparities among the oldest-old.ConclusionThe results suggested that health lifestyles can serve as a mediator to explain the association between oldest-old living arrangement patterns and their health outcomes. The findings highlighted the importance of family, lifestyles, and cultural contexts to the health of the oldest-old.

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“…For example, some studies found that people with higher education and income reported better health and experienced lower rates of chronic diseases (Feng et al ., 2012; Wu and Zhang, 2016; Xu and Xie, 2017). Other scholars suggested that higher SES indeed led to high risky behaviours, such as smoking, heavy alcohol consumption, sedentary lifestyles and a poor diet (Kim et al ., 2004; Chen et al ., 2010; Streeter, 2017; Zhang et al ., 2018), which resulted in a higher prevalence of chronic conditions (Zimmer and Kwong, 2004). Still others demonstrated non-significant effects of SES measures on health outcomes, such as the dynamics of disability (Gu and Zeng, 2004).…”

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A latent class analysis of health lifestyles and health outcomes among Chinese older adults

Zhang

2020

Ageing and Society

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Prior analyses have repeatedly documented the association between individual health behaviours and health outcomes. Nonetheless, few studies have taken a health lifestyle theory approach to examine how health lifestyle behaviours have shaped Chinese older adults’ health status. Using the most recent 2011–2012 data released by the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS), latent class analysis was applied to identify predominant health lifestyles among Chinese older adults aged 65–105. Four distinct classes representing health lifestyles emerged. Furthermore, the research found the way in which the four classes representing older adults’ health lifestyles can be predicted by the respondent's demographic and socio-economic characteristics. In addition, health lifestyles were found to be strongly associated with Chinese older adults’ health outcomes which were measured by self-rated health, functional independence, cognitive function and chronic diseases, even after controlling for demographic features as well as individual and parental socio-economic disadvantage. Findings supported the cumulative disadvantage theory in health. The research highlighted the importance of promoting health lifestyles to improve older adults’ health outcomes.

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How Does Socioeconomic Status Affect Chinese Adolescents’ Weight Status?: A Study of Possible Pathways

Cited by 5 publications

References 38 publications

Adolescent Obesity Modeling: A Framework of Socio-Economic Analysis on Public Health

Adolescent Obesity Modeling: A Framework of Socio-Economic Analysis on Public Health

Living arrangements, health lifestyles, and health outcomes among Chinese oldest-old

A latent class analysis of health lifestyles and health outcomes among Chinese older adults

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