Introduction
Numerous studies from various populations have been observed that increasing body mass index (BMI) has been prevailing throughout the world and with its increment it has largely affected the world during the past decades. Moreover, from a research conducted in 2000 it was viewed that more than 15 percent of the children in the United States between the ages of 6 and 19 were either overweight or obese (Lauderdale & Rathouz., 2000; Goodman, Hinden, & Khandelwal, 2000). It is well known that Socioeconomic Status (SES) is there major contributor of this growing issue among both children and adults. Previous studies have also shown that income, education, and occupation largely affect the eating habits (Wang Y. , 2001; Monteiro, 2004). Moreover, as many studies, it has been viewed that the population of US with lower SE are more likely to be obese and with a higher percentage of BMI. …show more content…
That is it has been observed that low-income group of people are more likely to fall under the higher percentage of BMI in comparison to the high-income group (Goodman, Hinden, & Khandelwal, 2000; Wang Y. , 2001; Wang & Zhang., 2006). However, little research has looked specifically on both men and women in the panel study setting. Therefore, the objective of this study was to examine associations between BMI and socioeconomic status in the I.S.
Numerous studies from various populations have been observed that increasing body mass index (BMI) has been prevailing throughout the world and with its increment it has largely affected the world during the past decades. Moreover, from a research conducted in 2000 it was viewed that more than 15 percent of the children in the United States between the ages of 6 and 19 were either overweight or obese (Lauderdale & Rathouz., 2000; Goodman, Hinden, & Khandelwal, 2000). It is well known that Socioeconomic Status (SES) is there major contributor of this growing issue among both children and adults. Previous studies have also shown that income, education, and occupation largely affect the eating habits (Wang Y. , 2001; Monteiro, 2004). Moreover, as many studies, it has been viewed that the population of US with lower SE are more likely to be obese and with a higher percentage of BMI. …show more content…
That is it has been observed that low-income group of people are more likely to fall under the higher percentage of BMI in comparison to the high-income group (Goodman, Hinden, & Khandelwal, 2000; Wang Y. , 2001; Wang & Zhang., 2006). However, little research has looked specifically on both men and women in the panel study setting. Therefore, the objective of this study was to examine associations between BMI and socioeconomic status in the I.S.