Political voting in the United Kingdom 2019 general election and risk of living with obesity in a nationally representative sample
Authors' conclusion
Governments and public health agencies may need to focus on the political affiliation of the public when developing strategies to reduce the number of people with obesity.
Study context
- Population
- UK adults eligible to vote, Ipsos KnowledgePanel panellists randomly invited to provide socio-demographics, health outcomes, voting behaviour and height/weight2,668 provided data
- Participants
- 2,573 adults
- Exposure
- Conservative Party voters vs Labour and Liberal Democrats voters in the UK 2019 general election
- Outcome
- Living with obesity according to political voting in the UK 2019 general election
Methodological detailsnationally representative sample, random probability unclustered address-based sampling, Ipsos KnowledgePanel
- Nationally representative sample
- Random probability unclustered address-based sampling
- Ipsos KnowledgePanel
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Living with obesity
Odds ratio (95% CI)
Conservativevs Labour
1.42(1.01–1.99)
Conservativevs Liberal Democrats
1.54(1.00–2.37)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
| Outcome | Mean difference (points) (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|
| BMIConservativevs Labour | 0.88 (0.16–1.61) | |
| BMIConservativevs Liberal Democrats | 1.04 (0.07–2.02) | |
| −10123Difference, points (linear scale) |
Obesity by constituency won by Conservative MPs vs other party MPs
- No evidence participants in constituencies won by Conservative MPs were more likely to be living with obesity than in constituencies won by other party MPs
Original publication
Political voting in the United Kingdom 2019 general election and risk of living with obesity in a nationally representative sample. Int J Obes (Lond). Published 26 June 2024. doi:10.
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