Are women’s empowerment and income inequality associated with excess weight in Latin American Cities?

dc.contributor.authorTumas, Natalia
dc.contributor.authorRodríguez López, Santiago
dc.contributor.authorMazariegos, Mónica
dc.contributor.authorOrtigoza, Ana
dc.contributor.authorAnza Ramírez, Cecilia
dc.contributor.authorPérez Ferrer, Carolina
dc.contributor.authorMoore, Kari
dc.contributor.authorYamada, Goro
dc.contributor.authorMenezes, Mariana Carvalho de
dc.contributor.authorSarmiento Dueñas, Olga Lucia
dc.contributor.authorPericàs Pulido, Juan Manuel
dc.contributor.authorCostes, Francesc Belvis
dc.contributor.authorLazo, Mariana
dc.contributor.authorBenach, Joan
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-26T19:59:30Z
dc.date.available2023-10-26T19:59:30Z
dc.date.issued2022pt_BR
dc.description.abstractWhile income gradients and gender inequalities in excess weight have been noted elsewhere, data from Latin American cities is lacking. We analyzed gender-specifc 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-stratifed 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 coefcient). We also tested whether individual education or sub-city living conditions modifed such associations. Higher city labor women’s empowerment (in women) and higher city Gini coefcient (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 efect in women with lower education and in residents of sub-cities with worse living conditions (men and women). For the Gini coefcient, the association was stronger among men with primary education, and a negative association was observed in women with primary education. Our fndings highlight the need for promoting equity-based policies and interventions to tackle the high prevalence of excess weight in Latin American cities.pt_BR
dc.identifier.citationTUMAS, N. et al. Are women’s empowerment and income inequality associated with excess weight in Latin American Cities? Journal of Urban Health-Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, v. 99, p. 1091-1103, 2022. Disponível em: <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11524-022-00689-5>. Acesso em: 01 ago. 2023.pt_BR
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-022-00689-5pt_BR
dc.identifier.issn1468-2869
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.repositorio.ufop.br/jspui/handle/123456789/17666
dc.identifier.uri2https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11524-022-00689-5pt_BR
dc.language.isoen_USpt_BR
dc.rightsrestritopt_BR
dc.subjectWomen’s empowermentpt_BR
dc.subjectIncome inequalitypt_BR
dc.subjectOverweightpt_BR
dc.subjectObesitypt_BR
dc.subjectCitiespt_BR
dc.titleAre women’s empowerment and income inequality associated with excess weight in Latin American Cities?pt_BR
dc.typeArtigo publicado em periodicopt_BR
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