A Growing Social Divide in Body Mass Index, Strength, and Fitness of Swedish Male Conscripts
Abstract
PurposeThe aim of the study was to monitor trends in socioeconomic inequalities in body mass index (BMI), cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), and muscular strength over several decades in a population of Swedish males aged 18–19 years.MethodsThe cohort consists of 1.5 million young men attending military conscript examinations from late 1968 to 2005. Parental education was used as a marker for socioeconomic conditions in the conscripts' families of...
Paper Details
Title
A Growing Social Divide in Body Mass Index, Strength, and Fitness of Swedish Male Conscripts
Published Date
Aug 1, 2019
Journal
Volume
65
Issue
2
Pages
232 - 238
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