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Tumas, Natalia
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Rodríguez López, Santiago
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Mazariegos, Mónica
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Ortigoza, Ana
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Anza Ramírez, Cecilia
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Pérez Ferrer, Carolina
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Moore, Kari
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Yamada, Goro
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Carvalho de Menezes, Mariana
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Sarmiento, Olga Lucía
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Pericàs, Juan Manuel
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Belvis Costes, Francesc
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Lazo, Mariana
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Benach, Joan
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2023-10-09T17:44:18Z
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2022-11-10
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Tumas, Natalia; Rodríguez López, Santiago; Mazariegos, Mónica; Ortigoza, Ana; Anza Ramírez, Cecilia; et al.; Are women’s empowerment and income inequality associated with excess weight in Latin American cities?; Springer; Journal Of Urban Health; 99; 6; 10-11-2022; 1091-1103
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1099-3460
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http://hdl.handle.net/11336/214591
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While income gradients and gender inequalities in excess weight have been noted elsewhere, data from Latin American cities is lacking. We analyzed gender-specific associations between city-level women’s empowerment and income inequality with individual-level overweight/obesity, assessing how these associations vary by individual education or living conditions within cities in Latin America. Data came from national surveys and censuses, and was compiled by the SALURBAL project (Urban Health in Latin America). The sample included 79,422 individuals (58.0% women), living in 538 sub-cities, 187 cities, and 8 countries. We used gender-stratified Poisson multilevel models to estimate the Prevalence Rate Ratios (PRR) for overweight/obesity (body mass index ≥ 25 kg/m2) per a unit change in city-level women’s empowerment (proxied by a score that measures gender inequalities in employment and education) and income inequality (proxied by income-based Gini coefficient). We also tested whether individual education or sub-city living conditions modified such associations. Higher city labor women’s empowerment (in women) and higher city Gini coefficient (in men) were associated with a lower prevalence of overweight/obesity (PRR = 0.97 (95%CI 0.94, 0.99) and PRR = 0.94 (95%CI 0.90, 0.97), respectively). The associations varied by individual education and sub-city living conditions. For labor women’s empowerment, we observed weakened associations towards the null effect in women with lower education and in residents of sub-cities with worse living conditions (men and women). For the Gini coefficient, the association was stronger among men with primary education, and a negative association was observed in women with primary education. Our findings highlight the need for promoting equity-based policies and interventions to tackle the high prevalence of excess weight in Latin American cities.
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eng
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Springer
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
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CITIES
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INCOME INEQUALITY
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LATIN AMERICA
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OBESITY
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OVERWEIGHT
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WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT
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Epidemiología
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Ciencias de la Salud
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CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y DE LA SALUD
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Are women’s empowerment and income inequality associated with excess weight in Latin American cities?
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2023-07-19T15:56:39Z
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99
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6
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1091-1103
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Alemania
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Fil: Tumas, Natalia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad; Argentina. Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament de Ciències Polítiques I Socials; España
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Fil: Rodríguez López, Santiago. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad; Argentina
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Fil: Mazariegos, Mónica. Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama; Guatemala
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Fil: Ortigoza, Ana. Drexel University; Estados Unidos
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Fil: Anza Ramírez, Cecilia. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia; Perú
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Fil: Pérez Ferrer, Carolina. National Institute of Public Health; México
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Fil: Moore, Kari. Drexel University; Estados Unidos
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Fil: Yamada, Goro. Drexel University; Estados Unidos
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Fil: Carvalho de Menezes, Mariana. Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto; Brasil
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Fil: Sarmiento, Olga Lucía. Universidad de los Andes; Colombia
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Fil: Pericàs, Juan Manuel. Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament de Ciències Polítiques I Socials; España
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Fil: Belvis Costes, Francesc. Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament de Ciències Polítiques I Socials; España
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Fil: Lazo, Mariana. Drexel University; Estados Unidos
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Fil: Benach, Joan. Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament de Ciències Polítiques I Socials; España
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Journal Of Urban Health
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info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/http://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-022-00689-5
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