of obesity are sensitive to whether BMI or waist circumference is used to define obesity. Education and income are used … estimated educational and income disparities in BMI and obesity. In the misreporting part we find that women with higher … instead of BMI. Among men the income gradient is statistically insignificant irrespective of how obesity is defined, but when …

for variables known to influence height such as income and education, population density is negatively correlated with … negative correlation with population density after adjustment for income, education, and age for both sexes. Local economic … after adjusting for individual income and education. …

socioeconomic status. Here, we estimate a lower bound for the relevance of these two lotteries for differences in education, income … inequalities in education, wages and BMI in the UK are due to inequalities in opportunity that arise from the outcomes of the …

Using data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), this study analyses changes in bodyweight (BMI and waist … temporal changes in bodyweight and then decompose the increase in obesity prevalence into two components: a rightward shift of … analysed reflects an increase in obesity inequality, this inequality growth subsides in the second decade. Nevertheless, over …

picture is not consistent with high life expectancy and extremely low prevalence of infant mortality, overweight/obesity, and … across the 47 Japanese prefectures and use data covering the period 1950-2005. A positive and significant influence of income …