Social contrasts in the incidence of obesity among adult large-city dwellers in Poland in 1986 and 1996.
The incidence of obesity, defined as the fraction of persons with BMIs exceeding 30-0, was examined in two birth cohorts of 40-50-year-old occupationally active inhabitants of the city of Wrocław, Poland. In both cohorts and both genders obesity increased monotonically with decreasing position on a three-level educational scale. During the 1986-1996 decade obesity increased dramatically among males with trade school education only; concomitant shifts were much smaller or absent in the college-educated groups. The contrast in obesity between the opposite ends of the educational scale has widened markedly in both genders; and the between-gender gap has declined somewhat.
Rogucka
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Institute of Anthropology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław, Poland.
Bielicki
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D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D015992:Body Mass Index; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012923:Social Class; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends*