Unemployment and obesity among young adults in a northern Finland 1966 birth cohort

OBJECTIVE: To establish (1) if obesity in adolescence predicts a long history of unemployment and other adverse social outcomes at age 31 y and, conversely, (2) the effect of a long history of unemployment on the risk of obesity at 31 y. DESIGN AND SUBJECTS: A longitudinal, population-based study of...

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Main Authors:	Laitinen, J, Power, C, Ek, E, Sovio, U, Jarvelin, MR
Format:	Article in Journal/Newspaper
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Published:	2002
Subjects:	Adolescence adolescent adult ADULTS ADVERSE age As BIRTH bodies body Body Mass Index BORN children Class COHORT design EB education factors families family Female females Finland History INCREASED RISK INDEX LEVEL LONG Longitudinal Low MASS measurement MEASUREMENTS MEMBERS MEN NUMBER Obesity Other outcome OUTCOMES overweight performance REGISTER Result Risk SCHOOL SINGLE social Social Class SOCIAL-CLASS unemployment WOMEN work Young young adult YOUNG-ADULTS Northern Finland
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spelling	ftucl:oai:eprints.ucl.ac.uk.OAI2:28706 2023-05-15T17:42:28+02:00 Unemployment and obesity among young adults in a northern Finland 1966 birth cohort Laitinen, J Power, C Ek, E Sovio, U Jarvelin, MR 2002-10-01 http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/28706/ unknown International Journal of Obesity , 26 (10) pp. 1329-1338. (2002) Adolescence adolescent adult ADULTS ADVERSE age As BIRTH bodies body Body Mass Index BORN children Class COHORT design EB education factors families family Female females Finland History INCREASED RISK INDEX LEVEL LONG Longitudinal Low MASS measurement MEASUREMENTS MEMBERS MEN NUMBER Obesity Other outcome OUTCOMES overweight performance REGISTER Result Risk SCHOOL SINGLE social Social Class SOCIAL-CLASS unemployment WOMEN work Young young adult YOUNG-ADULTS Article 2002 ftucl 2017-04-06T22:23:57Z OBJECTIVE: To establish (1) if obesity in adolescence predicts a long history of unemployment and other adverse social outcomes at age 31 y and, conversely, (2) the effect of a long history of unemployment on the risk of obesity at 31 y. DESIGN AND SUBJECTS: A longitudinal, population-based study of 9,754 subjects born in 1966 in Northern Finland was conducted. The cohort members were studied at birth, 1, 14 and 31 y. MEASUREMENTS: Body mass index (BMI) at 14 and 31 y; work history, as self-reported at 31 y and as recorded in national registers of the total number of days each subject had received unemployment allowance between 1985 and 1997; place of residence at 14 and 31 y; family social class at 14 y; subject's school performance at 16 y; marital status and number of children at 31 y. RESULTS: Overweight and obesity at 14 y did not predict a long history of unemployment at 31 y, but were associated with a low level of education, and being single or divorced at 31 y among females. A long history of unemployment (register data) was associated with an increased risk of obesity among women, but not men, after controlling for potential confounding factors (social class at 14 y, BMI at 14 y, school performance at 16 y, place of residence, and number of children). The adjusted OR (95% CI) was 1.09 (0.72-1.63) for men, and 1.64 (1.07-2.50) for women. CONCLUSION: Adverse social outcomes of adolescent obesity seemed to emerge more for women. Subjects with low school performance and women with a long unemployment history are at increased risk of obesity Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Finland University College London: UCL Discovery
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topic	Adolescence adolescent adult ADULTS ADVERSE age As BIRTH bodies body Body Mass Index BORN children Class COHORT design EB education factors families family Female females Finland History INCREASED RISK INDEX LEVEL LONG Longitudinal Low MASS measurement MEASUREMENTS MEMBERS MEN NUMBER Obesity Other outcome OUTCOMES overweight performance REGISTER Result Risk SCHOOL SINGLE social Social Class SOCIAL-CLASS unemployment WOMEN work Young young adult YOUNG-ADULTS
spellingShingle	Adolescence adolescent adult ADULTS ADVERSE age As BIRTH bodies body Body Mass Index BORN children Class COHORT design EB education factors families family Female females Finland History INCREASED RISK INDEX LEVEL LONG Longitudinal Low MASS measurement MEASUREMENTS MEMBERS MEN NUMBER Obesity Other outcome OUTCOMES overweight performance REGISTER Result Risk SCHOOL SINGLE social Social Class SOCIAL-CLASS unemployment WOMEN work Young young adult YOUNG-ADULTS Laitinen, J Power, C Ek, E Sovio, U Jarvelin, MR Unemployment and obesity among young adults in a northern Finland 1966 birth cohort
topic_facet	Adolescence adolescent adult ADULTS ADVERSE age As BIRTH bodies body Body Mass Index BORN children Class COHORT design EB education factors families family Female females Finland History INCREASED RISK INDEX LEVEL LONG Longitudinal Low MASS measurement MEASUREMENTS MEMBERS MEN NUMBER Obesity Other outcome OUTCOMES overweight performance REGISTER Result Risk SCHOOL SINGLE social Social Class SOCIAL-CLASS unemployment WOMEN work Young young adult YOUNG-ADULTS
description	OBJECTIVE: To establish (1) if obesity in adolescence predicts a long history of unemployment and other adverse social outcomes at age 31 y and, conversely, (2) the effect of a long history of unemployment on the risk of obesity at 31 y. DESIGN AND SUBJECTS: A longitudinal, population-based study of 9,754 subjects born in 1966 in Northern Finland was conducted. The cohort members were studied at birth, 1, 14 and 31 y. MEASUREMENTS: Body mass index (BMI) at 14 and 31 y; work history, as self-reported at 31 y and as recorded in national registers of the total number of days each subject had received unemployment allowance between 1985 and 1997; place of residence at 14 and 31 y; family social class at 14 y; subject's school performance at 16 y; marital status and number of children at 31 y. RESULTS: Overweight and obesity at 14 y did not predict a long history of unemployment at 31 y, but were associated with a low level of education, and being single or divorced at 31 y among females. A long history of unemployment (register data) was associated with an increased risk of obesity among women, but not men, after controlling for potential confounding factors (social class at 14 y, BMI at 14 y, school performance at 16 y, place of residence, and number of children). The adjusted OR (95% CI) was 1.09 (0.72-1.63) for men, and 1.64 (1.07-2.50) for women. CONCLUSION: Adverse social outcomes of adolescent obesity seemed to emerge more for women. Subjects with low school performance and women with a long unemployment history are at increased risk of obesity
format	Article in Journal/Newspaper
author	Laitinen, J Power, C Ek, E Sovio, U Jarvelin, MR
author_facet	Laitinen, J Power, C Ek, E Sovio, U Jarvelin, MR
author_sort	Laitinen, J
title	Unemployment and obesity among young adults in a northern Finland 1966 birth cohort
title_short	Unemployment and obesity among young adults in a northern Finland 1966 birth cohort
title_full	Unemployment and obesity among young adults in a northern Finland 1966 birth cohort
title_fullStr	Unemployment and obesity among young adults in a northern Finland 1966 birth cohort
title_full_unstemmed	Unemployment and obesity among young adults in a northern Finland 1966 birth cohort
title_sort	unemployment and obesity among young adults in a northern finland 1966 birth cohort
publishDate	2002
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op_source	International Journal of Obesity , 26 (10) pp. 1329-1338. (2002)
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Unemployment and obesity among young adults in a northern Finland 1966 birth cohort

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