title: Occupational Physical Activity and Body Mass Index: Results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the associations between overweight/obesity and occupation among Hispanics/Latinos, the largest minority population in the U.S.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study included 7,409 employed individuals in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL), a prospective study of Hispanic/Latino individuals aged 18-74 in four communities in the U.S. We independently examined the relationships between BMI, Occupational Activity (OA), and Total Hours Worked, quantified via self-reported hours worked per week and occupation-assigned Metabolic Equivalents (METs).
  
  
  RESULTS
  More than three quarters of the participants were either overweight (39.3%) or obese (37.8%). Individuals with a primary occupation and those employed in a secondary occupation worked an average of 36.8 and 14.6 hrs/wk, respectively. The overall adjusted odds for being obese compared to normal weight were 3.2% (AOR = 1.03, 95% CI 1.01, 1.05) and 14.4% (AOR = 1.14 95% Cl 1.07, 1.23) greater for each 10 MET•hrs/wk unit of increased OA, and each 10-hrs/wk unit of Total Hours Worked, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study presents the first findings on the association between OA with overweight/obesity among Hispanic/Latino individuals in the U.S. Increasing OA and Total Hours Worked per week were independently associated with increasing odds of overweight/obesity suggesting that the workplace is only one part of the overall energy expenditure dynamic. Our findings point to the need to emphasize engaging employed individuals in greater levels of PA outside of the work environment to impact overweight/obesity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America.|College of Dental Medicine, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, United States of America.
authors.forename: Richard H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Singer
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stoutenberg
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Miami, Florida United Sates of America.
authors.forename: Marc D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Gellman
authors.affiliation: Office of Energetics, Nutrition Obesity Research Center, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America.
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Archer
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America.
authors.forename: Sonia M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America.
authors.forename: Nathan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gotman
authors.affiliation: Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
authors.forename: David X
authors.initials: DX
authors.lastname: Marquez
authors.affiliation: Institute for Behavioral and Community Health, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America.
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Buelna
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America.
authors.forename: H Dean
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Hosgood
authors.affiliation: Department of Women's Studies, Director, Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America.
authors.forename: Ruth E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Zambrana
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D015992:Body Mass Index; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D057566:Self Report; D014937:Work; D055815:Young Adult