TY - JOUR T1 - Socio-economic life course and obesity among adults in Florianopolis, southern Brazil JO - Gaceta Sanitaria T2 - AU - Wagner,Katia Jakovljevic Pudla AU - Bastos,João Luiz AU - Navarro,Albert AU - Boing,Antonio Fernando SN - 02139111 M3 - 10.1016/j.gaceta.2017.01.006 DO - 10.1016/j.gaceta.2017.01.006 UR - https://www.gacetasanitaria.org/es-socio-economic-life-course-obesity-among-articulo-S0213911117300651 AB - ObjectiveTo estimate the association between socio-economic life course and body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and general and abdominal obesity in adults. MethodsA cross-sectional analysis of a population-based cohort study of 1,222 adults (aged 22–63) from Florianopolis, southern Brazil. The socio-economic life course was analysed using the educational level of participants and their parents. Height, weight and WC were measured by specially trained staff. Linear and logistic regressions were used with adjustment for confounding factors, and data were stratified according to sex. ResultsMean BMI and WC were about 2kg/m2 (95% CI: −3.3 to −0.7) and 6cm (95% CI: −9.7 to −2.9) lower in women with a high socio-economic position, while the association was reversed in men with a high socio-economic position, with WC being about 4cm higher (95% CI: 0.1 to 7.5). In addition, women who had always been in a high socio-economic position were less likely to have abdominal obesity (OR: 0.38; 95% CI: 0.20 to 0.76) while no such association was found in men. ConclusionSocio-economic life course influences BMI, WC and obesity, with differences between males and females, thereby indicating that public policies that contemplate a socio-economic life course approach can be effective for controlling obesity. ER -