Social class and height and weight in metropolitan madras

Driver, Edwin D.; Driver, Aloo E.

doi:10.1080/19485565.1983.9988533

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“…These distributions and the mean weight and height were consistent with the results of a study carried out 6 years earlier (Ford et al, 1989). However, both these results were lower than those of lower class women in India (Driver & Driver, 1983).…”

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Levels and differentials in weight, height and Body Mass Index among mothers in a rural area of Bangladesh

Bhuiya

Ghorbani

1993

J. Biosoc. Sci.

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SummaryThis study examined the variation in weight, height and body mass index of 1048 mothers living in a rural area of Bangladesh in relation to age, education, number of previous pregnancies, number of dead children, religion, family type, family size, and amount of land owned by the household. Multiple regression analysis revealed a positive relationship of education with all three variables. Moslem mothers were on average in better condition than Hindus. The number of dead children showed a negative relationship with height, weight and body mass index.

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Levels and differentials in weight, height and Body Mass Index among mothers in a rural area of Bangladesh

Bhuiya

Ghorbani

1993

J. Biosoc. Sci.

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Socioeconomic status and obesity: A review of the literature.

Sobal¹,

Stunkard²

1989

Psychological Bulletin

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A review of 144 published studies of the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and obesity reveals a strong inverse relationship among women in developed societies. The relationship is inconsistent for men and children in developed societies. In developing societies, however, a strong direct relationship exists between SES and obesity among men, women, and children. A review of social attitudes toward obesity and thinness reveals values congruent with the distribution of obesity by SES in different societies. Several variables may mediate the influence of attitudes toward obesity and thinness among women in developed societies that result in the inverse relationship between SES and obesity. They include dietary restraint, physical activity, social mobility, and inheritance.

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Adult body height and childhood socioeconomic group in the Swedish population.

Peck

Vågerö

1987

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health

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SUMMARY Cross-sectional data from interviews of a sample of the Swedish population aged 16 to 74 years in 1980-81 were used to obtain information on the relation between father's socioeconomic status during the childhood of the participants and the adult body height of the latter. A difference in height between members of higher and lower socioeconomic groups was found. The difference diminished over falling age but was still noticeable among men born in the early and mid 1950s. The mean difference in height between sons of senior salaried employees and sons of unskilled workers was 2-9 cm. The difference was less for women.

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Social class and height and weight in metropolitan madras

Cited by 3 publications

References 22 publications

Levels and differentials in weight, height and Body Mass Index among mothers in a rural area of Bangladesh

Levels and differentials in weight, height and Body Mass Index among mothers in a rural area of Bangladesh

Socioeconomic status and obesity: A review of the literature.

Adult body height and childhood socioeconomic group in the Swedish population.

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