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Body mass and the epidemic of chronic inflammation in early mid-adulthood

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  • McDade, Thomas W.
  • Meyer, Jess M.
  • Koning, Stephanie M.
  • Harris, Kathleen Mullan

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Chronic inflammation is a potentially important mechanism through which social inequalities may contribute to health inequalities over the life course. Excess body fat contributes to chronic inflammation, and younger adults in the US have come of age during a pronounced secular increase in body mass index (BMI). We aim to document levels of chronic inflammation in a nationally representative sample of 33-to-44 year-old adults in the US, and to describe associations with BMI, race/ethnicity, and education.

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  • McDade, Thomas W. & Meyer, Jess M. & Koning, Stephanie M. & Harris, Kathleen Mullan, 2021. "Body mass and the epidemic of chronic inflammation in early mid-adulthood," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 281(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:281:y:2021:i:c:s0277953621003919
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114059
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