Study objective: To investigate the influence of social class in childhood, young adulthood
and middle age, and intergenerational mobility, on adult central and total obesity. Design …

Objectives: To investigate the effect of father's social class on central and general obesity in
adulthood. To test the role of educational attainment and adult health behaviours as …

OBJECTIVE: Critical stages in childhood are suspected for adult obesity. We sought to
identify (i) whether risk of adult obesity is influenced by childhood socioeconomic conditions …

Background Social mobility (movement up or down the social hierarchy) and social
accumulation (accumulating social advantage or disadvantage) across the life course have …

Background: Differences in the association of socioeconomic status (SES) with obesity may
underlie the racial/ethnic disparities in obesity that increase dramatically across the …

Background Evidence on the relative influence of childhood vs adulthood socioeconomic
conditions on obesity risk is limited and equivocal. The objective of this study was to …

A recent review concluded that childhood socioeconomic position is inversely related to
adult obesity. 2 Most studies are cross sectional or rely on recalled data, or both, and …

Background Previous studies have reported associations between lower lifetime
socioeconomic position (SEP) and higher body mass index in adulthood, but few have …

Socioeconomic inequalities in body weight have been demonstrated in numerous cross‐
sectional studies; however, little research has investigated these inequalities from a life …

Background The prevalence of obesity and overweight is rapidly increasing in industrialized
countries, with long-term health and social consequences. There is also a strong social …