Black-White Disparities in Overweight and Obesity Trends by Educational Attainment in the United States, 1997-2008

• Main Authors: Chandra L. Jackson (Author), Moyses Szklo (Author), Hsin-Chieh Yeh (Author), Nae-Yuh Wang (Author), Rosemary Dray-Spira (Author), Roland Thorpe (Author), Frederick L. Brancati (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background. Few studies have examined racial and educational disparities in recent population-based trends. Methods. We analyzed data of a nationally representative sample of 174,228 US-born adults in the National Health Interview Survey from 1997 to 2008. We determined mean BMI trends by educationa...