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Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50526#.VESIpVfHRK0 Author(s)     Duan-Rung Chen 1* , Leah M. Frerichs 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Institute of Health Policy and Management, Public Health Building, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan . 2 College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA . ABSTRACT Obesity is a problem with global health and economic consequences. This study assesses the impact of social origins and socio-economic disadvantages on mid-life body weight. Hypotheses of both critical early life period and social trajectory were tested using a sample of 845 adults, aged 45 to 69 years, from a nationally representative sampl...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50526#.VECJRlfHRK0 Author(s)   Duan-Rung Chen 1* , Leah M. Frerichs 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Institute of Health Policy and Management, Public Health Building, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan . 2 College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA . ABSTRACT Obesity is a problem with global health and economic consequences. This study assesses the impact of social origins and socio-economic disadvantages on mid-life body weight. Hypotheses of both critical early life period and social trajectory were tested using a sample of 845 adults, aged 45 to 69 years, from a nationally representative sample in 2009 Ta...