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ArticlePublic health nutrition2018

Economic policy and the double burden of malnutrition: cross-national longitudinal analysis of minimum wage and women's underweight and obesity.

Annalijn I Conklin, Ninez A Ponce, Catherine M Crespi, John Frank, Arijit Nandi, Jody Heymann

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Annalijn I Conklin1Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcomes Science and Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences,University of British Columbia,2405 Wesbrook Mall,Room 4623,Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada,V6T 1K3.
Ninez A Ponce3Department of Health Policy and Management and Center for Global and Immigrant Health,UCLA Fielding School of Public Health,Los Angeles,CA,USA.
Catherine M Crespi4Department of Biostatistics,UCLA Fielding School of Public Health,Los Angeles,CA,USA.
John Frank5Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research & Policy,Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics,The University of Edinburgh,Edinburgh,UK.
Arijit Nandi6Institute for Health and Social Policy and Department of Epidemiology,Biostatistics, and Occupational Health,McGill University,Montréal,Québec,Canada.
Jody Heymann1Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcomes Science and Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences,University of British Columbia,2405 Wesbrook Mall,Room 4623,Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada,V6T 1K3.
UCLA Health · USUniversity of British Columbia · CAMcGill University · CAScottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy · GB

Funding

CIHR MFE-135520CIHR ROH-115209Medical Research Council MC_PC_13040Medical Research Council MR/K007017/1Medical Research Council MR/K023209/1Medical Research Council MR/M501633/1Medical Research Council MR/M501633/2
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Abstract

objectiveTo examine changes in minimum wage associated with changes in women's weight status.

designLongitudinal study of legislated minimum wage levels (per month, purchasing power parity-adjusted, 2011 constant US dollar values) linked to anthropometric and sociodemographic data from multiple Demographic and Health Surveys (2000-2014). Separate multilevel models estimated associations of a $10 increase in monthly minimum wage with the rate of change in underweight and obesity, conditioning on individual and country confounders. Post-estimation analysis computed predicted mean probabilities of being underweight or obese associated with higher levels of minimum wage at study start and end.

settingTwenty-four low-income countries. SUBJECTS: Adult non-pregnant women (n 150 796).

resultsHigher minimum wages were associated (OR; 95 % CI) with reduced underweight in women (0·986; 0·977, 0·995); a decrease that accelerated over time (P-interaction=0·025). Increasing minimum wage was associated with higher obesity (1·019; 1·008, 1·030), but did not alter the rate of increase in obesity prevalence (P-interaction=0·8). A $10 rise in monthly minimum wage was associated (prevalence difference; 95 % CI) with an average decrease of about 0·14 percentage points (-0·14; -0·23, -0·05) for underweight and an increase of about 0·1 percentage points (0·12; 0·04, 0·20) for obesity.

conclusionsThe present longitudinal multi-country study showed that a $10 rise in monthly minimum wage significantly accelerated the decline in women's underweight prevalence, but had no association with the pace of growth in obesity prevalence. Thus, modest rises in minimum wage may be beneficial for addressing the protracted underweight problem in poor countries, especially South Asia and parts of Africa.

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EconomicsNutritional StatusPovertySalaries and Fringe BenefitsAdultBody WeightDeveloping CountriesFemaleHumansIncomeLongitudinal StudiesMalnutritionMiddle AgedObesityThinnessYoung AdultEconomic policyMinimum wageMultilevel analysisWeight statusWomen

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PMID29208071
PMCPMC10261645
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