Are women’s empowerment and income inequality associated with excess weight in Latin American cities?

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Tumas, Natalia; Rodríguez López, Santiago; Mazariegos, Mónica; Ortigoza, Ana; Anza Ramírez, Cecilia; Pérez Ferrer, Carolina; Moore, Kari; Yamada, Goro; Carvalho de Menezes, Mariana; Sarmiento, Olga Lucía; Pericàs, Juan Manuel; Belvis Costes, Francesc; Lazo, Mariana; Benach, Joan
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2022
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While income gradients and gender inequalities in excess weight have been noted elsewhere, data from Latin American cities is lacking. We analyzed gender-specific associations between city-level women’s empowerment and income inequality with individual-level overweight/obesity, assessing how these associations vary by individual education or living conditions within cities in Latin America. Data came from national surveys and censuses, and was compiled by the SALURBAL project (Urban Health in Latin America). The sample included 79,422 individuals (58.0% women), living in 538 sub-cities, 187 cities, and 8 countries. We used gender-stratified Poisson multilevel models to estimate the Prevalence Rate Ratios (PRR) for overweight/obesity (body mass index ≥ 25 kg/m2) per a unit change in city-level women’s empowerment (proxied by a score that measures gender inequalities in employment and education) and income inequality (proxied by income-based Gini coefficient). We also tested whether individual education or sub-city living conditions modified such associations. Higher city labor women’s empowerment (in women) and higher city Gini coefficient (in men) were associated with a lower prevalence of overweight/obesity (PRR = 0.97 (95%CI 0.94, 0.99) and PRR = 0.94 (95%CI 0.90, 0.97), respectively). The associations varied by individual education and sub-city living conditions. For labor women’s empowerment, we observed weakened associations towards the null effect in women with lower education and in residents of sub-cities with worse living conditions (men and women). For the Gini coefficient, the association was stronger among men with primary education, and a negative association was observed in women with primary education. Our findings highlight the need for promoting equity-based policies and interventions to tackle the high prevalence of excess weight in Latin American cities.
Fil: Tumas, Natalia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad; Argentina. Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament de Ciències Polítiques I Socials; España
Fil: Rodríguez López, Santiago. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad; Argentina
Fil: Mazariegos, Mónica. Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama; Guatemala
Fil: Ortigoza, Ana. Drexel University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Anza Ramírez, Cecilia. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia; Perú
Fil: Pérez Ferrer, Carolina. National Institute of Public Health; México
Fil: Moore, Kari. Drexel University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Yamada, Goro. Drexel University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Carvalho de Menezes, Mariana. Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto; Brasil
Fil: Sarmiento, Olga Lucía. Universidad de los Andes; Colombia
Fil: Pericàs, Juan Manuel. Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament de Ciències Polítiques I Socials; España
Fil: Belvis Costes, Francesc. Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament de Ciències Polítiques I Socials; España
Fil: Lazo, Mariana. Drexel University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Benach, Joan. Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament de Ciències Polítiques I Socials; España
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CITIES
INCOME INEQUALITY
LATIN AMERICA
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OVERWEIGHT
WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT
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spelling Are women’s empowerment and income inequality associated with excess weight in Latin American cities?Tumas, NataliaRodríguez López, SantiagoMazariegos, MónicaOrtigoza, AnaAnza Ramírez, CeciliaPérez Ferrer, CarolinaMoore, KariYamada, GoroCarvalho de Menezes, MarianaSarmiento, Olga LucíaPericàs, Juan ManuelBelvis Costes, FrancescLazo, MarianaBenach, JoanCITIESINCOME INEQUALITYLATIN AMERICAOBESITYOVERWEIGHTWOMEN’S EMPOWERMENThttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3While income gradients and gender inequalities in excess weight have been noted elsewhere, data from Latin American cities is lacking. We analyzed gender-specific associations between city-level women’s empowerment and income inequality with individual-level overweight/obesity, assessing how these associations vary by individual education or living conditions within cities in Latin America. Data came from national surveys and censuses, and was compiled by the SALURBAL project (Urban Health in Latin America). The sample included 79,422 individuals (58.0% women), living in 538 sub-cities, 187 cities, and 8 countries. We used gender-stratified Poisson multilevel models to estimate the Prevalence Rate Ratios (PRR) for overweight/obesity (body mass index ≥ 25 kg/m2) per a unit change in city-level women’s empowerment (proxied by a score that measures gender inequalities in employment and education) and income inequality (proxied by income-based Gini coefficient). We also tested whether individual education or sub-city living conditions modified such associations. Higher city labor women’s empowerment (in women) and higher city Gini coefficient (in men) were associated with a lower prevalence of overweight/obesity (PRR = 0.97 (95%CI 0.94, 0.99) and PRR = 0.94 (95%CI 0.90, 0.97), respectively). The associations varied by individual education and sub-city living conditions. For labor women’s empowerment, we observed weakened associations towards the null effect in women with lower education and in residents of sub-cities with worse living conditions (men and women). For the Gini coefficient, the association was stronger among men with primary education, and a negative association was observed in women with primary education. Our findings highlight the need for promoting equity-based policies and interventions to tackle the high prevalence of excess weight in Latin American cities.Fil: Tumas, Natalia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad; Argentina. Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament de Ciències Polítiques I Socials; EspañaFil: Rodríguez López, Santiago. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad; ArgentinaFil: Mazariegos, Mónica. Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama; GuatemalaFil: Ortigoza, Ana. Drexel University; Estados UnidosFil: Anza Ramírez, Cecilia. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia; PerúFil: Pérez Ferrer, Carolina. National Institute of Public Health; MéxicoFil: Moore, Kari. Drexel University; Estados UnidosFil: Yamada, Goro. Drexel University; Estados UnidosFil: Carvalho de Menezes, Mariana. Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto; BrasilFil: Sarmiento, Olga Lucía. Universidad de los Andes; ColombiaFil: Pericàs, Juan Manuel. Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament de Ciències Polítiques I Socials; EspañaFil: Belvis Costes, Francesc. Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament de Ciències Polítiques I Socials; EspañaFil: Lazo, Mariana. Drexel University; Estados UnidosFil: Benach, Joan. Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament de Ciències Polítiques I Socials; EspañaSpringer2022-11-10info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/214591Tumas, Natalia; Rodríguez López, Santiago; Mazariegos, Mónica; Ortigoza, Ana; Anza Ramírez, Cecilia; et al.; Are women’s empowerment and income inequality associated with excess weight in Latin American cities?; Springer; Journal Of Urban Health; 99; 6; 10-11-2022; 1091-11031099-3460CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/s11524-022-00689-5info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:22:46Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/214591instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:22:46.792CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Are women’s empowerment and income inequality associated with excess weight in Latin American cities?
title Are women’s empowerment and income inequality associated with excess weight in Latin American cities?
spellingShingle Are women’s empowerment and income inequality associated with excess weight in Latin American cities?
Tumas, Natalia
CITIES
INCOME INEQUALITY
LATIN AMERICA
OBESITY
OVERWEIGHT
WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT
title_short Are women’s empowerment and income inequality associated with excess weight in Latin American cities?
title_full Are women’s empowerment and income inequality associated with excess weight in Latin American cities?
title_fullStr Are women’s empowerment and income inequality associated with excess weight in Latin American cities?
title_full_unstemmed Are women’s empowerment and income inequality associated with excess weight in Latin American cities?
title_sort Are women’s empowerment and income inequality associated with excess weight in Latin American cities?
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Tumas, Natalia
Rodríguez López, Santiago
Mazariegos, Mónica
Ortigoza, Ana
Anza Ramírez, Cecilia
Pérez Ferrer, Carolina
Moore, Kari
Yamada, Goro
Carvalho de Menezes, Mariana
Sarmiento, Olga Lucía
Pericàs, Juan Manuel
Belvis Costes, Francesc
Lazo, Mariana
Benach, Joan
author Tumas, Natalia
author_facet Tumas, Natalia
Rodríguez López, Santiago
Mazariegos, Mónica
Ortigoza, Ana
Anza Ramírez, Cecilia
Pérez Ferrer, Carolina
Moore, Kari
Yamada, Goro
Carvalho de Menezes, Mariana
Sarmiento, Olga Lucía
Pericàs, Juan Manuel
Belvis Costes, Francesc
Lazo, Mariana
Benach, Joan
author_role author
author2 Rodríguez López, Santiago
Mazariegos, Mónica
Ortigoza, Ana
Anza Ramírez, Cecilia
Pérez Ferrer, Carolina
Moore, Kari
Yamada, Goro
Carvalho de Menezes, Mariana
Sarmiento, Olga Lucía
Pericàs, Juan Manuel
Belvis Costes, Francesc
Lazo, Mariana
Benach, Joan
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv CITIES
INCOME INEQUALITY
LATIN AMERICA
OBESITY
OVERWEIGHT
WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT
topic CITIES
INCOME INEQUALITY
LATIN AMERICA
OBESITY
OVERWEIGHT
WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv While income gradients and gender inequalities in excess weight have been noted elsewhere, data from Latin American cities is lacking. We analyzed gender-specific associations between city-level women’s empowerment and income inequality with individual-level overweight/obesity, assessing how these associations vary by individual education or living conditions within cities in Latin America. Data came from national surveys and censuses, and was compiled by the SALURBAL project (Urban Health in Latin America). The sample included 79,422 individuals (58.0% women), living in 538 sub-cities, 187 cities, and 8 countries. We used gender-stratified Poisson multilevel models to estimate the Prevalence Rate Ratios (PRR) for overweight/obesity (body mass index ≥ 25 kg/m2) per a unit change in city-level women’s empowerment (proxied by a score that measures gender inequalities in employment and education) and income inequality (proxied by income-based Gini coefficient). We also tested whether individual education or sub-city living conditions modified such associations. Higher city labor women’s empowerment (in women) and higher city Gini coefficient (in men) were associated with a lower prevalence of overweight/obesity (PRR = 0.97 (95%CI 0.94, 0.99) and PRR = 0.94 (95%CI 0.90, 0.97), respectively). The associations varied by individual education and sub-city living conditions. For labor women’s empowerment, we observed weakened associations towards the null effect in women with lower education and in residents of sub-cities with worse living conditions (men and women). For the Gini coefficient, the association was stronger among men with primary education, and a negative association was observed in women with primary education. Our findings highlight the need for promoting equity-based policies and interventions to tackle the high prevalence of excess weight in Latin American cities.
Fil: Tumas, Natalia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad; Argentina. Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament de Ciències Polítiques I Socials; España
Fil: Rodríguez López, Santiago. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad; Argentina
Fil: Mazariegos, Mónica. Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama; Guatemala
Fil: Ortigoza, Ana. Drexel University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Anza Ramírez, Cecilia. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia; Perú
Fil: Pérez Ferrer, Carolina. National Institute of Public Health; México
Fil: Moore, Kari. Drexel University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Yamada, Goro. Drexel University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Carvalho de Menezes, Mariana. Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto; Brasil
Fil: Sarmiento, Olga Lucía. Universidad de los Andes; Colombia
Fil: Pericàs, Juan Manuel. Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament de Ciències Polítiques I Socials; España
Fil: Belvis Costes, Francesc. Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament de Ciències Polítiques I Socials; España
Fil: Lazo, Mariana. Drexel University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Benach, Joan. Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament de Ciències Polítiques I Socials; España
description While income gradients and gender inequalities in excess weight have been noted elsewhere, data from Latin American cities is lacking. We analyzed gender-specific associations between city-level women’s empowerment and income inequality with individual-level overweight/obesity, assessing how these associations vary by individual education or living conditions within cities in Latin America. Data came from national surveys and censuses, and was compiled by the SALURBAL project (Urban Health in Latin America). The sample included 79,422 individuals (58.0% women), living in 538 sub-cities, 187 cities, and 8 countries. We used gender-stratified Poisson multilevel models to estimate the Prevalence Rate Ratios (PRR) for overweight/obesity (body mass index ≥ 25 kg/m2) per a unit change in city-level women’s empowerment (proxied by a score that measures gender inequalities in employment and education) and income inequality (proxied by income-based Gini coefficient). We also tested whether individual education or sub-city living conditions modified such associations. Higher city labor women’s empowerment (in women) and higher city Gini coefficient (in men) were associated with a lower prevalence of overweight/obesity (PRR = 0.97 (95%CI 0.94, 0.99) and PRR = 0.94 (95%CI 0.90, 0.97), respectively). The associations varied by individual education and sub-city living conditions. For labor women’s empowerment, we observed weakened associations towards the null effect in women with lower education and in residents of sub-cities with worse living conditions (men and women). For the Gini coefficient, the association was stronger among men with primary education, and a negative association was observed in women with primary education. Our findings highlight the need for promoting equity-based policies and interventions to tackle the high prevalence of excess weight in Latin American cities.
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