Body mass and the epidemic of chronic inflammation in early mid-adulthood

Thomas W. McDade, Jess M. Meyer, Stephanie M. Koning and Kathleen Mullan Harris

Social Science & Medicine, 2021, vol. 281, issue C

Abstract: Chronic inflammation is a potentially important mechanism through which social inequalities may contribute to health inequalities over the life course. Excess body fat contributes to chronic inflammation, and younger adults in the US have come of age during a pronounced secular increase in body mass index (BMI). We aim to document levels of chronic inflammation in a nationally representative sample of 33-to-44 year-old adults in the US, and to describe associations with BMI, race/ethnicity, and education.

Keywords: Health disparities; C-reactive protein; Education; Overweight; Obesity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114059

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