高校時代の経験が中年期の体重に関係(High school experiences linked to midlife body weight)

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2025-04-17 ペンシルベニア州立大学(PennState)

高校時代の経験が中年期の体重に関係(High school experiences linked to midlife body weight)Credit: Adobe Stock. All Rights Reserved.

ペンシルベニア州立大学などの研究チームは、高校時代の経験が中年期の体重に長期的影響を及ぼすことを発見した。1980年代に収集された「High School & Beyond」データと50代での追跡調査を用い、学校の種類(私立など)、社会経済的地位(SES)、履修コース、人気度が将来のBMIに関連することが示された。特に女性に強い相関が見られ、SESが高い家庭や学校に通った人ほど肥満を避けやすい傾向があった。これらの社会的・教育的要因が早期から健康的ライフスタイルを形成することが明らかとなった。

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高校時代の経験は中年期の体重を形成するか? Do high school experiences shape midlife body weight?

Michelle L. Frisco, Emily A. Lybbert, Chandra Muller, Eric Grodsky, J. Robert Warren
Social Science & Medicine  Available online: 16 January 2025
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.117693

Highlights

  • Attainment is not the only dimension of education related to midlife weight.
  • Family SES, high school SES and type, and curricular tracks are important.
  • Family and high school SES are related to women’s BMI and obesity risk.
  • High school SES and type are related to men’s obesity risk.
  • Findings for women and men are net of attainment and high school weight.

Abstract

This study investigates how the high school experiences of a nationally representative cohort of 1980 United States’ high school sophomores and seniors are associated with midlife weight. Drawing from theory and previous research led us to expect that family and high school SES, school type, and curricular tracks could be key dimensions of people’s high school lives that had salience for midlife weight, possibly in gendered ways. This premise was largely supported in bivariate analyses. In fully adjusted models, family and high school SES were related to women’s midlife weight as measured by BMI and having obesity above and beyond a wide range of control variables including academic attainment and high school weight. Among men, high school SES and private school attendance retained significant associations with having obesity in fully adjusted models. Study findings identify important features of individuals’ high school lives that are related to later life weight, and they provide evidence that attainment is not the only dimension of people’s educational careers that has implications for weight.

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