Educational inequalities in obesity: a multilevel analysis of survey data from cities in Latin America.

Mónica Mazariegos Amy H AuchinclossAriela Braverman-BronsteinMaría Fernanda Kroker-LobosManuel Ramírez-ZeaPhilipp HesselJ Jaime MirandaCarolina Pérez-Ferrer

Published in: Public health nutrition (2021)

Among women, education was protective of obesity regardless, whereas among men, it was only protective in cities with higher levels of development. These divergent results suggest the need for sex- and city-specific interventions to reduce obesity prevalence and inequalities.

Keyphrases

insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
weight loss
high fat diet induced
type diabetes
weight gain
polycystic ovary syndrome
physical activity
cross sectional
body mass index
skeletal muscle
data analysis