Obesity and Attained Education: Cohort Study of More Than 700,000 Swedish Men

Karnehed, Nina; Rasmussen, Finn; Hemmingsson, Tomas; Tynelius, Per

doi:10.1038/oby.2006.161

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“…8 Psychosocial stress may increase vulnerability to psychiatric disorders and attainment of DP. Karnehed et al 20 proposed that personality characteristics of obese men, such as low self-esteem or lower aspirations, may influence their opportunities and performance on the labor market. Psychiatric disorders and obesity status (underweight, overweight and obesity) may share biological or psychosocial risk factors influencing growth and development in fetal life and early childhood.…”

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“…However, Månsson et al also studied middle-aged men, but used a reference group similar to ours (not including underweight), which may explain why the results were consistent with our findings but not with those of Rissanen et al 13 The association of obesity status at age 17-20 years with later DP due to psychiatric disorders other than nonaffective disorders (including schizophrenia) may partially be mediated by psychosocial stress due to negative attitudes toward individuals deviating from the predominant norms and BMI, psychiatric disorders and disability pension M Kark et al values in society about body size and shape. 11,[18][19][20] The less acceptable it is to be underweight, overweight or obese in a society or group, the stronger the psychological pressure may become. The perception of being too heavy according to prevailing body appearance norms may create considerable psychosocial stress and lower self-esteem, and unsuccessful attempts to lose weight may worsen the situation.…”

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Obesity status and risk of disability pension due to psychiatric disorders

2010

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Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate associations between underweight, overweight and obesity in young adult men and risk of disability pension (DP) due to psychiatric disorders. Design and subjects: In this nationwide study of 1 110 139 Swedish men (mean age 18.3 ± 0.5 years), weight, height and muscular strength were measured at mandatory military conscription testing . Information on DP , residential area, parental socioeconomic position and education and preexisting psychiatric disorders was obtained by record linkage of national registers. Results: During 26 million person-years of follow-up, 19 684 men received DP due to psychiatric disorders. After adjustment, hazard ratios (HRs) due to any psychiatric disorder were 1.20 (95% CI: 1.15-1.26) for underweight, 1.14 (95% CI: 1.08-1.21) for overweight and 1.43 (95% CI: 1.28-1.60) for obesity compared to normal weight. For affective disorders, HRs were elevated for underweight (1.24, 95% CI: 1.16-1.32), overweight (1.19, 95% CI: 1.10-1.28) and obesity (1.55, 95% CI: 1.33-1.81), whereas for substance abuse increased risks were seen only for underweight (1.41, 95% CI: 1.23-1.61) and obesity (1.50, 95% CI: 1.07-2.12). For nonaffective disorders (including schizophrenia) overweight (HR ¼ 0.87, 95% CI: 0.76-1.00) and obesity (HR ¼ 0.79, 95% CI: 0.57-1.10) seemed to be protective, although not statistically significant. HRs for personality disorders were increased for underweight (1.18, 95% CI: 1.04-1.34), overweight (1.16, 95% CI: 1.00-1.30) and obesity (1.40, 95% CI: 1.03-1.90). Conclusion: Underweight and overweight were associated with small risk increases, whereas higher risks for DP were generally found for obesity.

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Obesity status and risk of disability pension due to psychiatric disorders

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“…The finding of this paper that obesity is associated with developmental delays among boys may explain why youth obesity is associated with lower eventual educational attainment in men (Karnehed et al, 2006).…”

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Obesity and Developmental Functioning Among Children Aged 2-4 Years

Cawley

Spieß

2008

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research at DIW BerlinThis series presents research findings based either directly on data from the German SocioEconomic Panel Study (SOEP) or using SOEP data as part of an internationally comparable data set (e.g. CNEF, ECHP, LIS, LWS, CHER/PACO). SOEP is a truly multidisciplinary household panel study covering a wide range of social and behavioral sciences: economics, sociology, psychology, survey methodology, econometrics and applied statistics, educational science, political science, public health, behavioral genetics, demography, geography, and sport science.The decision to publish a submission in SOEPpapers is made by a board of editors chosen by the DIW Berlin to represent the wide range of disciplines covered by SOEP. There is no external referee process and papers are either accepted or rejected without revision. Papers appear in this series as works in progress and may also appear elsewhere. They often represent preliminary studies and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be requested from the author directly.Any opinions expressed in this series are those of the author(s) and not those of DIW Berlin.Research disseminated by DIW Berlin may include views on public policy issues, but the institute itself takes no institutional policy positions.

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“…17 The social effects include social rejection by peers, poor quality of interpersonal relationships, and potential negative impact on academic outcomes. [18][19][20][21][22] Weight bias can also lead to binge-eating, avoidance of physical activity and unhealthy weight control practice which will affect the physical health of obese children.…”

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Weight bias among health care providers for children in UAE

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Background: This research looks at weight bias among healthcare providers for children in UAE.Methods: This study was done through self-administered questionnaire. Our targets were health care providers for children working in both governmental and private hospitals in UAE. 198 participants were enrolled in the study after exclusion of invalid questionnaires.Results: While 15.4% of healthcare professions in our study acknowledged practice of weight bias during care of obese children, 52.5% denied and 32.1% are not sure about it. 149 participants (76%) believed that failure of obesity management in children is attributed to their weak willpower and poor commitment. Compared with normal children, overweight/obese children are considered less complaint by 59% of our participants, less active by 78.2%, less willpower by 59.5%, less confident by 73.2% and less intelligent by 17.7%. Finally, 10% of our participants consider treatment of overweight/obesity is a waste of time.Conclusions: This study shows significant weight bias among healthcare profession which can occur unintentionally. Weight bias among health care providers affects the quality of medical care of obese children. Education, training and increasing awareness of weight bias among health care providers in UAE is an initial and essential step to decrease the risk of weight bias which is a significant barrier in management of childhood obesity.

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Obesity and Attained Education: Cohort Study of More Than 700,000 Swedish Men

Cited by 79 publications

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Obesity status and risk of disability pension due to psychiatric disorders

Obesity status and risk of disability pension due to psychiatric disorders

Obesity and Developmental Functioning Among Children Aged 2-4 Years

Weight bias among health care providers for children in UAE

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