Socioeconomic mobility, metabolic health, and diet: mediation via subjective socioeconomic status
Main finding · High SSB consumptionResult — go to the resultRisk difference −0.10 95% CI −0.16 to −0.041Authors' conclusion
The finding that subjective SES contributed to associations between upward mobility and better health may inform development of interventions designed to promote healthier diets and reduce socioeconomic disparities in metabolic health.
Study context
- Population
- National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health participants; Socioeconomic status (SES) in adolescence (1994–1995, ages 11–19 years) and adulthood (2016–2018, ages 33–43 years)
- Participants
- 4,132 participants
- Exposure
- Socioeconomic mobility vs stable disadvantaged SES
- Outcome
- High SSB consumption
Methodological detailslongitudinal, mediation analysis
- Longitudinal
- Mediation analysis
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Risk difference
−0.10
95% CI −0.16 to −0.041
Substantial upward mobilityvs Stable disadvantaged SES
risk difference −0.10 (95% CI −0.16 to −0.041)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Mediation by subjective SES
- Subjective SES mediated associations of upward, but not downward, mobility with risks of metabolic syndrome, high fast-food consumption and high SSB consumption
- Upward mobility associated with higher subjective SES and lower risks of poor metabolic and dietary outcomes
Original publication
Socioeconomic mobility, metabolic health, and diet: mediation via subjective socioeconomic status. Obesity (Silver Spring). Published 5 November 2024. doi:10.
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