Socioeconomic Status and Prevalence of Obesity
This research article covered a study that was done from 2004 to 2007 in Cameron County, Texas. This county is near the border of Mexico and has a large Mexican American population. The population of people surveyed was 810 Mexican American people aged 35 to 64 years old. The study documented statistics that the Mexican American population was at a higher risk for obesity, and wanted to test if any minor economic advantages had any affect on health factors such as obesity and diabetes.
Various factors can affect obesity and the health of a population. These can range from economic class to the country a studied population is from, and the culture surrounding that area. Rates of obesity in bordering areas to Mexico are found to be some of the highest in the whole United States (Fisher-Hoch et al., 2010). The study was documented in a way that randomly selected the participants, and then divided them into four socioeconomic strata (SES).
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">This study (Fisher-Hoch et al., 2010) found that those participants belonging to the lower socioeconomic classes had significantly amplified chances of having undiagnosed diabetes, while people in the higher classes were significantly less likely to have undiagnosed diabetes. They also found that an improvement in income had a positive beneficial impact on health in this community. Furthermore, rates of obesity with a BMI of
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