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Cohort differences in adult obesity in the United States: 1982-2002
Author(s)	Sandra L Reynolds, Christine L Himes
Journal title	Journal of Aging and Health, vol 19, no 5, October 2007
Pages	pp 831-850
Source	http://www.sagepublications.com
Keywords	Obesity ; Cross sectional surveys ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	Five-year birth cohorts are examined for differential trends in obesity, using data from the US National Health Interview Study 1982-2002. Logistic regression analysis is used to separate out the effects of population composition from broad social change and cohort-specific change. Results confirm that age-specific obesity rates have been increasing for successive cohorts, indicating broad social change. There is little evidence for cohort-specific changes, and only small effects of compositional change. Although increasing diversity in the older population will probably result in higher rates of obesity in the future, increasingly sedentary lives and the uncertain impact of smoking cessation on weight outweigh population composition effects. More research is needed on the impact of lifestyle behaviours on the American population. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-080131207 A
Classmark	CSA: 3KB: 3J: 7T
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