BMJ  2005;330 (11 June), doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7504.0

Obesity holds back women, but not men

Women with obesity persisting from childhood to adulthood are half as likely to be gainfully employed and to have a partner than women who are not obese; in men, obesity is not associated with any adverse social outcomes. Viner and Cole (p 1354) analysed self reported socioeconomic, educational, psychological, and social outcomes for 8490 participants from the 1970 British birth cohort who were followed up at ages 10 and 30 years. Obesity that was limited to childhood had little impact on adult outcomes in both sexes.

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Adult socioeconomic, educational, social, and psychological outcomes of childhood obesity: a national birth cohort study
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