Assessing the income-related inequality in obesity among the elderly in China: A decomposition analysis

• Main Authors: Jinpeng Xu (Author), Guomei Tian (Author), Ting Zhang (Author), Hongyu Zhang (Author), Jian Liu (Author), Qi Shi (Author), Jiale Sun (Author), Haixin Wang (Author), Bokai Zhang (Author), Qunhong Wu (Author), Zheng Kang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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BackgroundObesity among the elderly imposes a significant health and economic burden. The purpose of this study was to measure the obesity prevalence and income-related inequality among older adults in China and to explore the determinants of the inequity.MethodsData were obtained from 4,541 older a...