Socioeconomic status and obesity

L McLaren - Epidemiologic reviews, 2007 - academic.oup.com
The objective of this review was to update Sobal and Stunkard's exhaustive review of the
literature on the relation between socioeconomic status (SES) and obesity (Psychol Bull …

Race and ethnicity in public health research: models to explain health disparities

WW Dressler, KS Oths, CC Gravlee - Annu. Rev. Anthropol., 2005 - annualreviews.org
The description and explanation of racial and ethnic health disparities are major initiatives of
the public health research establishment. Black Americans suffer on nearly every measure …

Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in China: data from the China National Nutrition and Health Survey 2002

Y Wu, R Huxley, L Li, V Anna, G Xie, C Yao… - Circulation, 2008 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—The present article aims to provide accurate estimates of the prevalence,
awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in adults in China. Methods and Results …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the patterns and trends of sodium intake, potassium intake, and sodium to potassium ratio and their effect on hypertension in China

S Du, A Neiman, C Batis, H Wang, B Zhang… - The American journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background: Recent studies have shown inconsistent effects of sodium reduction, potassium
intake, and the ratio of sodium to potassium (Na/K ratio) on hypertension and other …

[图书][B] Handbook of health psychology

A Baum, TA Revenson, J Singer - 2012 - taylorfrancis.com
Considered the most comprehensive handbook in the field, this rich resource reviews the
biological, psychological, and social factors that affect health, health behavior, and illness …

Prevalence of hypertension and its associated risk factors in a rural black population of Mthatha Town, South Africa

JR Sharma, SE Mabhida, B Myers, T Apalata… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: The occurrence of hypertension has been increasing alarmingly in both low
and middle-income countries. Despite acknowledging hypertension as the most common life …

Urbanization and the spread of diseases of affluence in China

E Van de Poel, O O'Donnell, E Van Doorslaer - Economics & Human …, 2009 - Elsevier
We quantify, track and explain the distribution of overweight and of hypertension across
Chinese provinces differentiated by their degree of urbanicity over the period 1991–2004 …

Racism and health inequity among Americans.

VL Shavers, BS Shavers - Journal of the National Medical …, 2006 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Research reports often cite socioeconomic status as an underlying factor in the pervasive
disparities in health observed for racial/ethnic minority populations. However, often little …

Relationship of early life stress and psychological functioning to blood pressure in the CARDIA study.

BJ Lehman, SE Taylor, CI Kiefe, TE Seeman - Health Psychology, 2009 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: Low childhood socioeconomic status (CSES) and a harsh early family
environment have been linked with health disorders in adulthood. In this study, the authors …

The role of social support and integration for understanding socioeconomic disparities in self-rated health and hypertension

BK Gorman, A Sivaganesan - Social science & medicine, 2007 - Elsevier
This paper examines socioeconomic (socioeconomic status, SES) disparities in self-rated
health and hypertension among 29,816 US adults aged 25 and older using data from the …