Household income and obesity among older adults: the moderating role of race in a longitudinal analysis
Income-based health advantages do not accrue equally across racial groups. Interventions must go beyond economic measures to address structural barriers, cultural contexts, and life-course disadvantage that shape obesity risk in later life.
Authors
- Victor Ajayi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0561-5755)
- Sunkanmi Folorunsho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5471-7125)
- Munirat Sanmori
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- University of Nebraska–Lincoln (US)
- Georgia State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-10-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-22910-1
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.17