Weight gain in adulthood in relation to socioeconomic factors, mental illness and personality traits: A prospective study of middle-aged women

摘要: Abstract The relationships between body weight change during a six-year follow-up period and number of psychosocial variables were studied in representative population sample middle-aged women. Those women who had gained ⩾ 5.0 kg compared with the rest taking into account age, social class initial level obesity. Never-married over- represented among gain kg. Husband's (based on occupation) was inversely related gain. Educational level, own annual income not significantly different two groups. There positive relation mental illness (disability degree), depth depression Use psychotropic drugs, frequency anxiety attacks phobia grade to gain, however. personality trait order positively while there no significant other study thus indicates that factors might be causal importance for development obesity adult Further studies role these regulation energy intake expenditure seem justified.