Gender Differences and Socioeconomic Status in Relation to Overweight among Older Korean People

201416 citationsJournal Articlegold Open Access

Authors

Taewook Huh · Korean Women's Development Institute

Jooyoung Cheon · University of Maryland, Baltimore

Young Dae Kwon · Catholic University of Korea

Abstract

Among the men, health status and health behavior appeared to show a correlation with being overweight; however, among women, socioeconomic status factors were strongly related to being overweight. These findings appear to support the association of gender-specifics with the prevalence of being overweight.

Topics & Keywords

Obesity and Health Practices Health disparities and outcomes Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: PLoS ONE

Volume 9, Issue 5, pp. e97990-e97990

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097990

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