Session 88: Socioeconomic Determinants of Obesity

Friday, March 31 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM San Gabriel A Lobby Level

1.	An Examination of Socioeconomic Differences in Body Mass Index from 1986-2001 Using a Growth Curve Analysis Approach  •  Jennifer A Ailshire, University of Michigan

2.	The Connection between Maternal Employment and Childhood Obesity: Inspecting the Mechanism  •  Angela R. Fertig, University of Georgia; Gerhard Glomm, Indiana University; Rusty Tchernis, Indiana University

3.	Obesity in the Transition to Adulthood: Predictions across Race-Ethnicity, Immigrant Generation, and Sex  •  Kathleen Mullan Harris, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Krista Perreira, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Dohoon Lee, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

4.	More for the Money? Differences in the Prevalence of Adult Obesity by Income Level - United States, 1999-2002  •  Allison A. Hedley, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.; Cynthia Ogden, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC

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