This study demonstrates that body mass in middle and late adulthood is a consequence of
the complex interplay among individuals' genes, lifetime socioeconomic experiences, and …

Racial/ethnic disparities in obesity widen dramatically during young adulthood in the US.
Understanding racial/ethnic differences in the association between socioeconomic status …

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 The social disparities in obesity may originate in early life or in adulthood, and
the associations of socioeconomic position (SEP) with obesity could alter over time. It is …

Background Numerous studies have demonstrated that different weight change patterns
from adolescence to adulthood may exert different effects on opportunities from which …

Objectives. Race/ethnicity and education are among the strongest social determinants of
body mass index (BMI) throughout the life course, yet we know relatively little about how …

Scholars call for greater attention to social contexts that promote and deter risk factors for
health. Parenthood transforms social contexts in a myriad of ways that may influence long …

Objective To trace how racial/ethnic and immigrant disparities in body mass index (BMI)
change over time as adolescents (age, 11-19 years) transition to young adulthood (age, 20 …

We use panel data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) to examine how
body weight changes with age for a cohort moving through early adulthood, to investigate …

No research exists on how body mass index (BMI) changes with age over the full life span
and social disparities therein. This study aims to fill the gap using an innovative life-course …