title: Neighborhood socioeconomic status in relation to 10-year weight gain in the Black Women's Health Study.
abstract: We prospectively assessed the association of neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) with 10-year weight change and with incident obesity among 48,359 women in the Black Women's Health Study (BWHS). Lower neighborhood SES was significantly associated with 10-year weight gain after adjustment for individual SES and behavioral variables, such as physical activity and caloric intake. Low neighborhood SES was also associated with increased incidence of obesity during 10 years of follow-up among women of normal weight at baseline (BMI <25 kg/m(2)). The associations were most evident among BWHS participants who had graduated from college. These prospective data suggest that lower neighborhood SES contributes to overweight and obesity in African-American women.
authors.affiliation: Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. pcoogan@bu.edu
authors.forename: Patricia F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Coogan
authors.forename: Yvette C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Cozier
authors.forename: Supriya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krishnan
authors.forename: Lauren A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Wise
authors.forename: Lucile L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Adams-Campbell
authors.forename: Lynn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
authors.forename: Julie R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Palmer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000368:Aged; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000209:etiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012923:Social Class; D014481:United States; D015430:Weight Gain; D055815:Young Adult