{"id":2204,"date":"2010-12-17T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-17T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/obesity-is-it-about-poverty-or-education.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T09:18:07","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T13:18:07","slug":"obesity-is-it-about-poverty-or-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2204","title":{"rendered":"Obesity: Is It About Poverty or Education?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We are in a race between education and disaster. <\/span>

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It’s true for our politics, for our society, and for our health. Here’s the bottom line from research from  the <\/span>National Center for Health Statistics<\/span>: education is more consistently related to obesity than poverty. <\/span><\/p>\n


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As a matter of fact, “Among men, obesity prevalence is generally similar at all income levels, with a tendency to be slightly higher at higher income levels<\/i>,” the team at the National Center for Health Statistics wrote.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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So how does that compare with education?<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
In this study, just over 27 percent of men with a college degree were obese compared with 32 percent of those with less than a high school education, while 23 percent of women with a college degree were obese, compared to 42 percent of women with less than a high school education.<\/span><\/div>\n

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What about their households?<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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A second study found children and teens living in homes with college-educated adults were less likely to be obese, and found stronger associations between obesity and income.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Just under 12 percent of boys and girls living in prosperous homes were obese, compared to 21 percent of boys and 19 percent of girls in the poorest homes.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Education. That’s the key. SOUND education … not sound-bites designed to sell some product. <\/span><\/div>\n

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Poverty equals obesity? Study bucks common wisdom | Reuters<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n

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<\/a>For more information: Click here to visit Will Clower’s website. <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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