Le gradient social de l’obésité se creuse en France – Sait-on pourquoi ?

The more disadvantaged groups suffer from higher rates of obesity. This is because at every stage of life the risk factors, known or assumed, for obesity and overweight are amplified in poorer populations. Hence, at the beginning of life the risk is higher for a newborn baby from a family of low soc...

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Main Author: Darmon Nicole
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2008-01-01
Series:Oléagineux, Corps gras, Lipides
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/ocl.2008.0161
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spelling doaj-7698133d434147218e13955613d2d87d2021-04-02T06:07:45ZengEDP SciencesOléagineux, Corps gras, Lipides1258-82101950-697X2008-01-01151465210.1051/ocl.2008.0161ocl2008151p46Le gradient social de l’obésité se creuse en France – Sait-on pourquoi ?Darmon NicoleThe more disadvantaged groups suffer from higher rates of obesity. This is because at every stage of life the risk factors, known or assumed, for obesity and overweight are amplified in poorer populations. Hence, at the beginning of life the risk is higher for a newborn baby from a family of low socio-economic status of having an obese parent, a mother who smoked during pregnancy, a low birth weight, and of not having been breast-fed. Later, during infancy and adulthood, access to a balanced diet and to opportunities for physical activity is limited by economic and geographical barriers and by psychosocial factors. Lifestyle modifications and eating habits involved in the increase in the prevalence of obesity have had a more unfavorable impact on poorer populations than on the rest of the population, leading to an aggravation of the social obesity gradient. In France, in 1997 there were 3 times as many obese adults in the lowest income decile than in the highest. Today there are 4 times as many. A vicious circle has become established, partly because the causal relations between socioeconomic status and obesity exist in both directions and also because the risk of obesity increases from generation to generation, and, for a given individual, throughout his or her life.http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/ocl.2008.0161obesitysocioeconomic factorsFrancefood intakehealth inequalities
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Le gradient social de l’obésité se creuse en France – Sait-on pourquoi ?
Oléagineux, Corps gras, Lipides
obesity
socioeconomic factors
France
food intake
health inequalities
author_facet Darmon Nicole
author_sort Darmon Nicole
title Le gradient social de l’obésité se creuse en France – Sait-on pourquoi ?
title_short Le gradient social de l’obésité se creuse en France – Sait-on pourquoi ?
title_full Le gradient social de l’obésité se creuse en France – Sait-on pourquoi ?
title_fullStr Le gradient social de l’obésité se creuse en France – Sait-on pourquoi ?
title_full_unstemmed Le gradient social de l’obésité se creuse en France – Sait-on pourquoi ?
title_sort le gradient social de l’obésité se creuse en france – sait-on pourquoi ?
publisher EDP Sciences
series Oléagineux, Corps gras, Lipides
issn 1258-8210
1950-697X
publishDate 2008-01-01
description The more disadvantaged groups suffer from higher rates of obesity. This is because at every stage of life the risk factors, known or assumed, for obesity and overweight are amplified in poorer populations. Hence, at the beginning of life the risk is higher for a newborn baby from a family of low socio-economic status of having an obese parent, a mother who smoked during pregnancy, a low birth weight, and of not having been breast-fed. Later, during infancy and adulthood, access to a balanced diet and to opportunities for physical activity is limited by economic and geographical barriers and by psychosocial factors. Lifestyle modifications and eating habits involved in the increase in the prevalence of obesity have had a more unfavorable impact on poorer populations than on the rest of the population, leading to an aggravation of the social obesity gradient. In France, in 1997 there were 3 times as many obese adults in the lowest income decile than in the highest. Today there are 4 times as many. A vicious circle has become established, partly because the causal relations between socioeconomic status and obesity exist in both directions and also because the risk of obesity increases from generation to generation, and, for a given individual, throughout his or her life.
topic obesity
socioeconomic factors
France
food intake
health inequalities
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/ocl.2008.0161
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