SynthesisObesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity2013
Educational attainment and obesity: a systematic review.
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233 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 599 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Lifestyle factors, metabolic factors and socioeconomic status for pelvic organ prolapse: a Mendelian randomization study.European journal of medical research · 2023Pooled it
- Body size preferences for women and adolescent girls living in Africa: a mixed-methods systematic review.Public health nutrition · 2022Pooled it
- Socio-economic inequalities in fragility fracture incidence: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 61 observational studies.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2021Pooled it
- OBEDIS Core Variables Project: European Expert Guidelines on a Minimal Core Set of Variables to Include in Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trials of Obesity Interventions.Obesity facts · 2020Guideline
- The relationship between obesity and tertiary education outcomes: a systematic review.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2019Pooled it
- Determinants of systemic hypertension in older adults in Africa: a systematic review.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2019Pooled it
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- Overweight and obesity among urban women with iron deficiency anaemia in Bangladesh.Maternal & child nutrition · 2021Trial
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- Determinants of successful lifestyle change during a 6-month preconception lifestyle intervention in women with obesity and infertility.European journal of nutrition · 2019Trial
- A Healthy School Start Plus for prevention of childhood overweight and obesity in disadvantaged areas through parental support in the school setting - study protocol for a parallel group cluster randomised trial.BMC public health · 2018Trial
- Associations Between Social Risks and Obesity in High-risk Veterans.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Article
- Associations between dietary intake of flavonoids and adiposity: cross-sectional findings from the Fenland Study, the United Kingdom.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2026Article
- Management of Childhood Obesity.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- A multivariate decomposition analysis of drivers of overweight and obesity among Ghanaian women.Communications medicine · 2026Article
- Educational attainment and diabetes risk: triangulation evidence from UK Biobank prospective cohort, NHANES 2011-2018, and cross-trait genomics analyses.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- Knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward obesity and their determinants: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- The Association Between SerumInternational journal of endocrinology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Although previous systematic reviews considered the relationship between socioeconomic status and obesity, almost 200 peer-reviewed articles have been published since the last review on that topic, and this paper focuses specifically on education, which has different implications. The authors systematically review the peer-reviewed literature from around the world considering the association between educational attainment and obesity. Databases from public health and medicine, education, psychology, economics, and other social sciences were searched, and articles published in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish were included. This paper includes 289 articles that report on 410 populations in 91 countries. The relationship between educational attainment and obesity was modified by both gender and the country's economic development level: an inverse association was more common in studies of higher-income countries and a positive association was more common in lower-income countries, with stronger social patterning among women. Relatively few studies reported on lower-income countries, controlled for a comprehensive set of potential confounding variables and/or attempted to assess causality through the use of quasi-experimental designs. Future research should address these gaps to understand if the relationship between educational attainment and obesity may be causal, thus supporting education policy as a tool for obesity prevention.
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