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Association between income/ education and body mass index/ obesity among Canadian men and women, based on recent studies

Variables Nature of association
Income and body mass index/obesity
Men Currently positive;6-8,28 previously inverse,28 or nonsignificant†
Women Currently curvilinear6 or nonsignificant,7 though tending toward inverse;8 previously inverse†
Education and body mass index/obesity
Men Inverse, currently6,8 and in past,† but less consistent than in women7
Women Inverse, currently6-8 and in past†
† unpublished (McLaren L, Auld CM, Godley J, Still D, Gauvin L. Examining the association between socioeconomic position and body mass index in 1978 and 2005 among Canadian working-age women and men)
Date Modified: 2009-11-18

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