Extreme obesity: sociodemographic, familial and behavioural correlates in The Netherlands.

Abstract:

STUDY OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between sociodemographic, behavioural, and family characteristics and the body mass index (BMI) (weight (kg)/height (m2)) of extremely obese people. DESIGN:Self reported sociodemographic, behavioural, and familial characteristics and weight and height were obtained by postal questionnaire. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING:Adult, obese Dutch people who, on their own initiative, contacted our hospital for information on obesity treatment were sent a questionnaire. A total of 244 of 690 subjects had returned the questionnaire within the stated period of 80 days. Due to missing data 19 subjects could not be included in this analysis, leaving 191 women and 34 men. MAIN RESULTS:In women the BMI seemed to be significantly inversely associated with the level of education of the partner, the number of cups of coffee consumed, and number of cigarettes smoked a day. In addition, the BMI of women was positively related to BMI of their mothers. Together these variables explained 18.0% of the total variation in BMI. In men none of the selected variables was associated with their BMI. CONCLUSION:As the selected variables explained almost one fifth of the total variation in BMI, the impact of sociodemographic, familial, and behavioural factors should have more recognition in strategies aimed at reducing obesity.

authors

Merkus MP,Mathus-Vliegen LM,Broekhoff C,Heijnen AM

doi

10.1136/jech.49.1.22

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1995-02-01 00:00:00

pages

22-7

issue

1

eissn

0143-005X

issn

1470-2738

journal_volume

49

pub_type

杂志文章
  • Physical diability after retirement and occupational risk factors during working life: a cross sectional epidemiological study in the Paris area.

    abstract:STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to examine the relationship between exposure to occupational risk factors during working life and physical disability after retirement. DESIGN:The study was a cross sectional epidemiological survey of a representative sample of retired subjects belonging to a supplementary pension fund in t...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.46.5.506

    authors: Cassou B,Derriennic F,Iwatsubo Y,Amphoux M

    更新日期:1992-10-01 00:00:00

  • Free bus passes, use of public transport and obesity among older people in England.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:All residents of England aged 60 years and older became entitled to free travel on local buses on 1 April 2006. This study examines the impact of this policy on public transport use, a mode of active transport and levels of obesity. METHODS:Logistic regression analyses using three waves of data (2004, 2006 ...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.2011.133165

    authors: Webb E,Netuveli G,Millett C

    更新日期:2012-02-01 00:00:00

  • Diabetes prevalence and socioeconomic status: a population based study showing increased prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in deprived areas.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:To establish the relation between socioeconomic status and the age-sex specific prevalence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus. The hypothesis was that prevalence of type 2 diabetes would be inversely related to socioeconomic status but there would be no association with the prevalence of type 1 diabetes a...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.54.3.173

    authors: Connolly V,Unwin N,Sherriff P,Bilous R,Kelly W

    更新日期:2000-03-01 00:00:00

  • Glossary of health equity in the context of environmental public health practice.

    abstract::Health equity is increasingly present as an overarching goal in public health policy frameworks across the globe. Public health actions to support health equity are challenging because solutions to the root causes of health inequities often lie outside of the health sector, and a specific role for environmental public...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech-2018-210843

    authors: Rideout K,Oickle D

    更新日期:2019-09-01 00:00:00

  • Lifestyle changes in long term survivors of acute myocardial infarction.

    abstract::A retrospective questionnaire and interview study of 10 year survivors of uncomplicated myocardial infarction examined smoking, diet, exercise, weight, medication, and treatment since discharge from hospital in 1973-4 and made comparisons with controls (using the same questionnaire) and with normal populations (as rep...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.40.2.103

    authors: West RR,Evans DA

    更新日期:1986-06-01 00:00:00

  • Somatotype, physical growth, and sexual maturation in young male smokers.

    abstract::One thousand school boys aged 8 to 16 were examined for their somatotype, physical growth, sexual maturation, and smoking habits. Fifty-two boys were found to be smokers, of whom 30 were regularly smoking between two and 20 bidis or cigarettes a day for a mean duration of 2.5 years. The mean height and weight of the s...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.34.4.295

    authors: Lall KB,Singhi S,Gurnani M,Singhi P,Garg OP

    更新日期:1980-12-01 00:00:00

  • A model for collaborative evaluation of university-community partnerships.

    abstract:INTRODUCTION:Manitoba's The Need to Know project was presented with a unique opportunity to develop a collaborative approach to evaluation, and to explore the effectiveness of a variety of evaluation methods for assessment of university-community collaborative health research partnerships. OBJECTIVES:The evaluation wa...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.2005.040881

    authors: Bowen S,Martens PJ

    更新日期:2006-10-01 00:00:00

  • Geographical variation in cardiovascular disease, risk factors, and their control in older women: British Women's Heart and Health Study.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:To measure the geographical variation in prevalence of cardiovascular disease, risk factors, and their control in a nationally representative sample of older British women. METHODS:Baseline survey using general practitioner record review, a self completed questionnaire, research nurse interview, and physica...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.57.2.134

    authors: Lawlor DA,Bedford C,Taylor M,Ebrahim S

    更新日期:2003-02-01 00:00:00

  • A glossary of theories for understanding power and policy for health equity.

    abstract::Progressing public policies that improve health equity requires understanding and addressing the creation, use and distribution of power. This glossary provides an overview of some of the most relevant conceptualisations of the dynamics of power in policy with implications for health equity. The aim is to provide an a...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech-2019-213692

    authors: Harris P,Baum F,Friel S,Mackean T,Schram A,Townsend B

    更新日期:2020-06-01 00:00:00

  • Changes in tuberculosis notification rates in the white ethnic group in England and Wales between 1953 and 1983.

    abstract::Since the early 1960s notification rates for tuberculosis in England and Wales for the whole population have been influenced by high rates in certain ethnic groups. Using data based on country of birth from the British (Thoracic and) Tuberculosis Association surveys of 1965 and 1971, and based on ethnic origin from th...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.42.4.370

    authors: Springett VH,Darbyshire JH,Nunn AJ,Sutherland I

    更新日期:1988-12-01 00:00:00

  • Health behaviours explain part of the differences in self reported health associated with partner/marital status in The Netherlands.

    abstract:STUDY OBJECTIVE:To describe the differences in health behaviours in disparate marital status groups and to estimate the extent to which these can explain differences in health associated with marital status. DESIGN:Baseline data of a prospective cohort study were used. Directly age standardised percentages of each mar...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.49.5.482

    authors: Joung IM,Stronks K,van de Mheen H,Mackenbach JP

    更新日期:1995-10-01 00:00:00

  • Effects on cigarette consumption of a work-family supportive organisational intervention: 6-month results from the work, family and health network study.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Observational studies have linked work-family issues with cigarette consumption. This study examined the 6-month effects on cigarette consumption of a work-family supportive organisational intervention among nursing home workers. METHODS:Group randomised controlled trial where 30 nursing homes across New En...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech-2015-206953

    authors: Hurtado DA,Okechukwu CA,Buxton OM,Hammer L,Hanson GC,Moen P,Klein LC,Berkman LF

    更新日期:2016-12-01 00:00:00

  • Short term effects of air pollution on emergency hospital admissions for respiratory disease: results of the APHEA project in two major cities in The Netherlands, 1977-89.

    abstract:STUDY OBJECTIVE:To assess the short term relationship between air pollution and the daily number of emergency hospital admissions for respiratory disease. DESIGN:Data were analysed using autoregressive Poisson regression allowing for overdispersion and controlling for possible confounding factors such as seasonal and ...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.50.suppl_1.s22

    authors: Schouten JP,Vonk JM,de Graaf A

    更新日期:1996-04-01 00:00:00

  • Can attending preschool reduce the risk of tobacco smoking in adulthood? The effects of Kindergarten Union participation in South Australia.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Innovative strategies beyond the health system are required to reduce the prevalence of smoking. Early child development interventions are examples of interventions that can help set children on positive social and educational trajectories, which in turn may also reduce the prevalence of smoking. The aim of ...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.2009.101840

    authors: D'Onise K,Lynch JW,McDermott RA

    更新日期:2011-12-01 00:00:00

  • The importance of community education for individual mortality: a fixed-effects analysis of longitudinal multilevel data on 1.7 million Norwegian women and men.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Earlier investigations have shown mortality effects of community socio-economic resources. However, the sex differences have not been clear, and the estimates may well have been biased because of inadequate control for community factors affecting both the socio-economic resources and mortality. The objective...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.2008.081034

    authors: Kravdal O

    更新日期:2010-12-01 00:00:00

  • Ethnic differences in perinatal mortality--a challenge.

    abstract::The perinatal mortality rates of mothers who delivered at St. Thomas's Hospital from 1969 to 1976 have been examined. The rate in the West Indian population was significant higher than in the United Kingdom white population. The increased West Indian mortality was confined to infants with a birth weight of more than 2...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.36.1.22

    authors: Robinson MJ,Palmer SR,Avery A,James CE,Beynon JL,Taylor RW

    更新日期:1982-03-01 00:00:00

  • Intergenerational social mobility and leisure-time physical activity in adulthood: a systematic review.

    abstract:AIM:To systematically review the association between intergenerational social mobility and leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) in adulthood, in order to assess all published evidence relating to the hypothesis that adults socially mobile between childhood and adulthood will have different levels of LTPA than those in...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1136/jech-2016-208052

    authors: Elhakeem A,Hardy R,Bann D,Caleyachetty R,Cosco TD,Hayhoe RP,Muthuri SG,Wilson R,Cooper R

    更新日期:2017-07-01 00:00:00

  • How much downside? Quantifying the relative harm from tobacco taxation.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:To estimate the loss of life expectancy attributable to tobacco taxation (via financial hardship and flow-on health effect) in New Zealand. DESIGN:Data were used on the gradients in life expectancy and smoking by neighbourhood socioeconomic deprivation and survey data on tobacco expenditure. Three estimates ...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.2003.011528

    authors: Wilson N,Thomson G,Tobias M,Blakely T

    更新日期:2004-06-01 00:00:00

  • Changes in autonomy, job demands and working hours after diagnosis of chronic disease: a comparison of employed and self-employed older persons using the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA).

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Modifications in working conditions can accommodate changing needs of chronically ill persons. The self-employed may have more possibilities than employees to modify their working conditions. We investigate how working conditions change following diagnosis of chronic disease for employed and self-employed ol...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech-2017-210328

    authors: Fleischmann M,Carr E,Xue B,Zaninotto P,Stansfeld SA,Stafford M,Head J

    更新日期:2018-10-01 00:00:00

  • Political ideology and health in Japan: a disaggregated analysis.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Recent studies from the USA and Europe suggest an association between an individual's political ideology and their health status, with those claiming to be conservatives reporting better health. The presence of this association is examined in Japan. METHODS:Individual-level data from the 2000-3, 2005 and 20...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.2009.097915

    authors: Subramanian SV,Hamano T,Perkins JM,Koyabu A,Fujisawa Y

    更新日期:2010-09-01 00:00:00

  • Building on "The concept of prevention: a good idea gone astray?".

    abstract:BACKGROUND:In the article by Starfield and colleagues, it was suggested that the concept of prevention has gone astray. This article aims to extend their ideas. METHODS:Our methods are to take the Starfield et al article and argue that it is possible and useful to see prevention in a wider context, going beyond preven...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 评论,杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.2008.082818

    authors: Ataguba JE,Mooney G

    更新日期:2011-02-01 00:00:00

  • Association of sexual problems with social, psychological, and physical problems in men and women: a cross sectional population survey.

    abstract:STUDY OBJECTIVE:To investigate the association of sexual problems with social, physical, and psychological problems. DESIGN:An anonymous postal questionnaire survey. SETTING:Four general practices in England. PARTICIPANTS:789 men and 979 women responding to a questionnaire sent to a stratified random sample of the a...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.53.3.144

    authors: Dunn KM,Croft PR,Hackett GI

    更新日期:1999-03-01 00:00:00

  • Epidemiological evidence on association between ambient air pollution and stroke mortality.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Inconsistent results have been found on the association between air pollution and stroke mortality. Additionally, evidence on people who are potentially sensitive to air pollution-associated stroke mortality is limited. METHODS:Daily stroke mortality of adults aged over 65 between 2003 and 2008 in Shanghai,...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech-2012-201096

    authors: Qian Y,Zhu M,Cai B,Yang Q,Kan H,Song G,Jin W,Han M,Wang C

    更新日期:2013-08-01 00:00:00

  • Organisational justice and change in justice as predictors of employee health: the Whitehall II study.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:Organisational justice has been proposed as a new way to examine the impact of psychosocial work environment on employee health. This article studied the justice of interpersonal treatment by supervisors (the relational component of organisational justice) as a predictor of health. DESIGN:Prospective cohort ...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.2003.019026

    authors: Kivimäki M,Ferrie JE,Head J,Shipley MJ,Vahtera J,Marmot MG

    更新日期:2004-11-01 00:00:00

  • How complete and accurate are cancer registrations notified by the National Health Service Central Register for England and Wales?

    abstract:STUDY OBJECTIVE:To assess the completeness and accuracy of notification of cancers by the National Health Service Central Register (NHSCR) for England and Wales. DESIGN:Comparison of 720 cancer registrations ascertained from NHSCR up to May 1999 with those ascertained for the same cohort from six other sources and a p...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.55.6.414

    authors: Dickinson HO,Salotti JA,Birch PJ,Reid MM,Malcolm A,Parker L

    更新日期:2001-06-01 00:00:00

  • Advocacy for public health: a primer.

    abstract::Public health advocacy is the strategic use of news media to advance a public policy initiative, often in the face of opposition. ...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.2003.018051

    authors: Chapman S

    更新日期:2004-05-01 00:00:00

  • First population-level effectiveness evaluation of a national programme to prevent HIV transmission from mother to child, South Africa.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:There is a paucity of data on the national population-level effectiveness of preventing mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programmes in high-HIV-prevalence, resource-limited settings. We assessed national PMTCT impact in South Africa (SA), 2010. METHODS:A facility-based survey was conducted using a strat...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech-2014-204535

    authors: Goga AE,Dinh TH,Jackson DJ,Lombard C,Delaney KP,Puren A,Sherman G,Woldesenbet S,Ramokolo V,Crowley S,Doherty T,Chopra M,Shaffer N,Pillay Y,South Africa PMTCT Evaluation Team.

    更新日期:2015-03-01 00:00:00

  • Inequities in exposure to occupational risk factors between Māori and non-Māori workers in Aotearoa New Zealand.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Health inequities between indigenous and non-indigenous people are well documented. However, the contribution of differential exposure to risk factors in the occupational environment remains unclear. This study assessed differences in the prevalence of self-reported exposure to disease risk factors, includin...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech-2018-210438

    authors: Denison HJ,Eng A,Barnes LA,Cheng S,'t Mannetje A,Haddock K,Douwes J,Pearce N,Ellison-Loschmann L

    更新日期:2018-09-01 00:00:00

  • Coding the Everyday Discrimination Scale: implications for exposure assessment and associations with hypertension and depression among a cross section of mid-life African American women.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Studies suggest that racial discrimination impacts health via biological dysregulation due to continual adaptation to chronic psychosocial stress. Therefore, quantifying chronicity is critical for operationalising the relevant aetiological exposure and hence maximising internal validity. Using one of the mos...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech-2018-211230

    authors: Michaels E,Thomas M,Reeves A,Price M,Hasson R,Chae D,Allen A

    更新日期:2019-06-01 00:00:00

  • Economic evaluation of cholesterol-related interventions in general practice. An appraisal of the evidence.

    abstract:STUDY OBJECTIVE:To investigate and evaluate published data on cost effectiveness of cholesterol lowering interventions, and how this information could be interpreted in a rational approach of cholesterol management in general practice. DESIGN:A systematic review of the literature. SETTING:No restriction on setting. ...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1136/jech.52.9.586

    authors: van der Weijden T,Knottnerus JA,Ament AJ,Stoffers HE,Grol RP

    更新日期:1998-09-01 00:00:00