Race, SES, and Obesity Among Men

摘要: Over the last decade, obesity has increased significantly among men but few national studies have empirically examined racial and socioeconomic differences in men. In this paper, we utilized logistic regression to evaluate potential associations that race status may with National Survey of American Life: an in-person household survey non-institutionalized U.S. blacks whites who lived communities where at least 10% community residents were black Americans. A greater proportion likely be obese than white men, no interaction race, SES, was detected when confounding variables included. There not a relationship between SES for there apparent positive did remain significant adjusted models. No found age though 55 older more those 18–34 confounder Among relationships education, income, or marital status. Black lowest income category less highest category, bivariate These findings suggest way racial, economic, stress behavioral factors combine affect different.