Socioeconomic Status and Obesity (Reading)

Question 1

What are the main point from the introduction?

Answer 1

The racial/ethnic disparity in obesity is attributed to the
differences in socioeconomic status that exist across
racial/ethnic groups

Question 2

What the article saying about poor neighborhoods?

Answer 2

• Families of lower SES are more likely to reside in neighborhoods that make it difficult to maintain a healthy lifestyle
• Poorer neighborhoods have more access to fast food and convenience stores with unhleathy food and less access to markets with fresh produce
• Poor nieghborhood lack safe excerise environments

Question 3

What are the main findings for this study?

Answer 3

• Hispanic youth & white youth are more at risk of obeisty as the study found a inverse relationship between obesity, race & SES within these groups
• There was no relationship between SES and
  obesity risk among African American youth of either gender

Question 4

How is SES, ethnicity and gender connected to obesity?

Answer 4

SES, ethnicty, gender & obesity are all connected to each other
- Low SES can increase one’s risk of obesity & so does ethnicty and gender