American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 30, 721-725, Copyright © 1977 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

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Level of education, level of income, and level of fatness in adults

SM Garn, SM Bailey, PE Cole and IT Higgins

Socioeconomic status is systematically related to the level of fatness, and therefore the incidence of obesity, in a total community survey of nearly 5,000 adults. Among males with more than 12 years of schooling, the average thickness of 4 fatfolds is 10% greater, amounting to about 2 kg of total fat, than those with 8 years or less of education. In females, however, the opposite trend is observed, those in the higher educational group averaging 20% thinner fatfolds, or about 5.5 kg total fat, than females in the lower educational group. These findings confirm the need for standards of obesity that take socioeconomic status into account.

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