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Tipo: Artigo de Periódico
Título: Racial inequality, racial discrimination and obesity incidence in adults from the ELSA-Brasil cohort
Autor(es): Amanda Viana Machado
Lidyane do Valle Camelo
Dóra Chor
Rosane Griep
Joanna Guimarães
Luana Giatti
Sandhi Maria Barreto
Resumo: Background This study investigated whether self-reported race/skin colour and perceived racial discrimination predict higher obesity incidence after approximately 4-year follow-up of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil). We also investigated whether these associations are modified by educational level. Methods Following exclusion of individuals defined as obese (body mass index ≥30 kg/m2) at baseline, associations between race/skin colour and obesity incidence between the first (2008–2010) and second (2012–2014) visits were investigated in 10 130 participants. Next, associations between perceived racial discrimination and obesity incidence among black (n=1532) and brown (n=2958) individuals were investigated separately. Racial discrimination (yes/no) was assessed using the Lifetime Major Event Scale. Logistic regression models adjusted for age, sex and research site were used. All analyses were stratified for educational level. Results Obesity risk was higher in Blacks with high education compared with white individuals to the same education level (OR: 2.22; 95% CI 1.62 to 3.04) following adjustments. After adjustments, obesity incidence was higher among black individuals reporting racial discrimination compared with peers who did not report this experience, but only among the low education group (OR: 1.64; 95% CI 1.08 to 2.51). No statistical association with perceived discrimination was observed among brown individuals. Conclusion Results are congruent with findings from other studies reporting associations between racial inequality and obesity incidence and also suggest racial discrimination may be one of the mechanisms leading to such inequalities. Also, it supports the paradox theory by which education modify the association in distinct directions.
Assunto: Saúde pública
Discriminação
Discriminação racial
Obesidade
Idioma: eng
País: Brasil
Editor: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Sigla da Instituição: UFMG
Departamento: MED - DEPARTAMENTO DE MEDICINA PREVENTIVA SOCIAL
Tipo de Acesso: Acesso Aberto
Identificador DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2020-214740
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/83742
Data do documento: 2021
metadata.dc.url.externa: https://jech.bmj.com/content/75/7/695.long#block-system-main
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: Journal of epidemiology and community health
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