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    Precarious work associated with high BMI    
      
     Date:   
         February 28, 2023   
     Source:   
         University of Illinois Chicago   
     Summary:   
         A study inks precarious work with increases in body mass index   
         and adds to a growing body of evidence that precarious work may   
         contribute to poor health outcomes.   
      
      
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   A study from the University of Illinois Chicago links precarious work   
   with increases in body mass index. The study adds to a growing body of   
   evidence that precarious work may contribute to poor health outcomes.?   
      
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   The UIC scientists who wrote the paper defined precarious work as an   
   accumulation of "unfavorable facets of employment," such as low wages,   
   insecure employment contracts, irregular hours and lack of union   
   representation.   
      
   "Over the last few decades, there has been an increase in the number of   
   Americans engaging in precarious work -- we see this with the rise of the   
   'gig' economy or the number of people working for ride-share companies,   
   for example.   
      
   With millions of Americans now engaging in precarious work, we need   
   to pay closer attention to the health impacts of type of employment,   
   " said study author Vanessa Oddo, assistant professor of kinesiology   
   and nutrition at the UIC College of Applied Health Sciences.   
      
   To understand the impact of precarious work on BMI, the researchers   
   analyzed 20 years of data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth   
   adult cohort (1996-2016). The average age of the participants was 44.   
      
   They looked at seven precarious employment dimensions -- material   
   rewards, working time arrangements, employment stability and collective   
   organization, for example -- and identified 13 self-reported survey   
   indicators of precarious employment. Computational and statistical   
   models were used to compare these indicators with BMI, a rough indicator   
   of obesity.   
      
   Indicators of precarious employment were highest among Latino and Black   
   women with lower education. A 1-point increase in precarious employment   
   was associated with a 2.18-point increase in BMI.   
      
   The findings are reported in Obesity.   
      
   The researchers say that "these modest changes in BMI may have important   
   implications at the population level, given that small changes in weight   
   affect chronic disease risk.   
      
   "Policies and workplace interventions to improve employment quality   
   warrant consideration to protect American workers and mitigate the growing   
   burden of obesity-related chronic diseases in the United States," the   
   authors write.   
      
   The study was primarily supported by a grant from the National Institute   
   on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R00MD012807). Additional   
   support was provided by the National Institute on Aging (R01AG060011)   
   and National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities   
   (F31MD013357).   
      
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   Story Source: Materials provided by University_of_Illinois_Chicago. Note:   
   Content may be edited for style and length.   
      
      
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   Journal Reference:   
      1. Vanessa M. Oddo, Castiel Chen Zhuang, Jerome A. Dugan, Sarah   
      B. Andrea,   
         Anjum Hajat, Trevor Peckham, Jessica   
         C. Jones‐Smith. Association between precarious employment   
         and BMI in the United States. Obesity, 2022; 31 (1): 234 DOI:   
         10.1002/oby.23591   
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230228172156.htm   
      
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