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Body mass index and psychosocial job quality: An analysis of working Australians from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey
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posted on 2019-01-01, 00:00 authored by Yamna Taouk, Allison Milner, Tony LaMontagneTony LaMontagneThe study investigated the association between psychosocial job quality and body mass index (BMI) by sex. Regression models examining potential differences in the job stressor-BMI relationship between men and women were conducted using longitudinal data from working Australians and a psychosocial job stressor index. There was strong evidence of an association between psychosocial job stressors and BMI for females but not males. Compared with no psychosocial job stressors, 1 adversity was associated with 0.13 kg/m2 (95% CI: -0.42-0.67); 2 adversities were associated with 0.53 kg/m2 (-0.00-1.07); and 3 or more adversities were associated with 0.87 kg/m2 (0.30-1.45) increase in mean BMI for females. Females were found to have on average 0.32 kg/m2 (0.16-0.49) increase in BMI per increase in psychosocial job stressor. Psychosocial job stressors appear to have an adverse effect on women's weight.
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Archives of environmental and occupational healthVolume
74Issue
3Pagination
147 - 156Publisher
Taylor & FrancisLocation
Abingdon, Eng.Publisher DOI
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1933-8244eISSN
2154-4700Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal; C Journal articleCopyright notice
2017, Taylor & FrancisUsage metrics
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