Prevalence of obesity by occupation among US workers: the National Health Interview Survey 2004-2011

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• Personal Author:
  Andrew, Michael E. ; Bang KM ; Burchfiel CM ; Charles LE ; Gu JK ; Ma CC ; Violanti JM
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of obesity and the change of prevalence of obesity between 2004-2007 and 2008-2011 by occupation among US workers in the National Health Interview Survey. METHODS: Self-reported weight and height were collected and used to assess obesity (body mass index >/= 30 kg/m). Gender-, race/ethnicity-, and occupation-specific prevalence of obesity were calculated. RESULTS: Prevalence of obesity steadily increased from 2004 through 2008 across gender and race/ethnicity but leveled off from 2008 through 2011. Non-Hispanic black female workers in health care support (49.2%) and transportation/material moving (46.6%) had the highest prevalence of obesity. Prevalence of obesity in relatively low-obesity (white-collar) occupations significantly increased between 2004-2007 and 2008-2011, whereas it did not change significantly in high-obesity (blue-collar) occupations. CONCLUSIONS: Workers in all occupational categories are appropriate targets for health promotion and intervention programs to reduce obesity. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Body Weight Men Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Transportation Women
• Keywords:
  Body-weight Humans Materials-transport Racial-factors Statistical-analysis Surveillance Transportation-industry Workers
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division ; DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  56
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20044112
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2014 May; 56(5):516-528
• Contact Point Address:
  Ja K. Gu, MSPH, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HELD/BEB, Mailstop L-4050, 1095 Willowdale Rd, Morgantown, WV 26505
• Email:
  jgu@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  State University of New York at Buffalo
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20100901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20150831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:35974d754afc60e01fd2b605c8c5a5525ff9954bf2198494a8e401d46e429c111d462667d00c2e7b99cd293092d6c877995cf7b8bae975253acc52474bcb71ee
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/199937/cdc_199937_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 142.47 KB ]