caa a22 4500 46793424X CHVBK 20180406152952.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10900-005-8189-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10900-005-8189-8 Gender-Specific Disparities in Obesity [Elektronische Daten] [Tyrone Borders, James Rohrer, Kathryn Cardarelli] Little prior research has investigated whether the correlates of obesity differ between men and women. The objective of this study was to examine gender-specific disparities in obesity by rurality of residence, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. Particular emphasis was devoted to examining potential differences between residents of urban, suburban, and rural areas. Data from the adult version of the 2003 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) for the state of Texas were used to model the crude and adjusted odds of being obese as compared to normal weight. The findings showed that males of other race/ethnicity had lower adjusted odds of obesity than non-Hispanic whites, but other race/ethnicity was insignificant for females. Females who were Hispanic or black/African American had higher adjusted odds of obesity than non-Hispanic whites, but Hispanic ethnicity and black/African American race were insignificant for males. Men and women residing in non-metropolitan areas had higher adjusted odds of obesity than their counterparts in metropolitan areas. No economic disparities were revealed among men, but females with high household income had lower odds of obesity than those with low income. Educational status was insignificant for men and women. The findings suggest that programs and policies aimed at curbing obesity should target males and females residing in non-metropolitan localities. Other initiatives should focus on particular groups of women, including those who are Hispanic or black/African American and have low household income. Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2006 obesity nationallicence rural nationallicence ethnicity nationallicence gender nationallicence disparities nationallicence BRFSS nationallicence Borders Tyrone Department of Health Policy and Management, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, 4301 W. Markham St., Slot 820, 72205-7199, Little Rock, AR aut Rohrer James Health Services Research, Texas Tech University School of Medicine, Amarillo, Texas aut Cardarelli Kathryn Epidemiology, University of North Texas School of Public Health, Fort Worth, Texas aut Journal of Community Health Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press 31/1(2006-02-01), 57-68 0094-5145 31:1<57 2006 31 10900 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-005-8189-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-005-8189-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Borders Tyrone Department of Health Policy and Management, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, 4301 W. Markham St., Slot 820, 72205-7199, Little Rock, AR aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rohrer James Health Services Research, Texas Tech University School of Medicine, Amarillo, Texas aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cardarelli Kathryn Epidemiology, University of North Texas School of Public Health, Fort Worth, Texas aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Community Health Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press 31/1(2006-02-01), 57-68 0094-5145 31:1<57 2006 31 10900 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer