The role of intergenerational educational mobility and household wealth in adult obesity: Evidence from Wave 2 of the World Health Organization's Study on global AGEing and adult health.

Stella T LarteyCostan G MagnussenLei SiBarbara de GraaffRichard Berko BiritwumGeorge MensahAlfred YawsonNadia MinicuciPaul KowalGodfred O BoatengAndrew J Palmer

Published in: PloS one (2019)

Stable high and upwardly mobile education patterns are associated with higher odds of obesity and central adiposity in women while the stable high pattern was associated with higher odds of overweight in men.

Keyphrases

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