Background: Obesity is a contemporary epidemic that does not affect all age groups and
sections of society equally. Objective: The objective was to examine socioeconomic …

Background Childhood socioeconomic disadvantage has been linked with obesity in cross-
sectional research, although less is known about how changes in socioeconomic status …

Background An emerging body of research suggests the trajectory of a family's income
affects children's health and development more profoundly than the often-measured income …

We study how the duration of being overweight earlier in life is related to subsequent long-
term labor market outcomes. Our data on fraternal and identical twins born and raised in the …

Background Compared to whites, US Hispanics have higher obesity rates; US Asians have
lower rates. However Hispanics and Asians are each comprised of several ethnic subgroups …

Evidence remains unclear on how intergenerational social mobility is associated with body
mass index (BMI) and its long-term changes. Our study identified BMI trajectories from …

Many studies have cited the importance of secular changes or “period effects” as causes of
the US obesity epidemic. Unfortunately, relatively little attention has been devoted to the …

Background: Obesity and body mass in adulthood relate both to current and to childhood
socio-economic status, particularly in women, but the underlying life course processes are …

Adolescent obesity not only has serious long-term health implications, but also the potential
to lead to a socioeconomic trajectory of lower earnings and household income. However …

Introduction Multiple systematic reviews have investigated the relation between
socioeconomic position (SEP) and body mass index (BMI) throughout the life course …