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Job strain in relation to body mass index: pooled analysis of 160 000 adults from 13 cohort studies

Authors: Nyberg ST, Heikkila K, Fransson EI, Alfredsson L, De Bacquer D, Bjorner JB, Bonenfant S, Borritz M, Burr H, Casini A, Clays E, Dragano N, Erbel R, Geuskens GA, Goldberg M, Hooftman WE, Houtman IL, Jockel KH, Kittel F, Knutsson A, Koskenvuo M, Leineweber C, Lunau T, Madsen IEH, Hanson LLM, Marmot MG, Nielsen ML, Nordin M, Oksanen T, Pentti J, Rugulies R, Siegrist J, Suominen S, Vahtera J, Virtanen M, Westerholm P, Westerlund H, Zins M, Ferrie JE, Theorell T, Steptoe A, Hamer M, Singh-Manoux A, Batty GD, Kivimaki M

Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL

Publication year: 2012

Journal: Journal of Internal Medicine

Journal name in source: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Journal acronym: J INTERN MED

Number in series: 1

Volume: 272

Issue: 1

First page : 65

Last page: 73

Number of pages: 9

ISSN: 0954-6820

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2796.2011.02482.x

Abstract

In an analysis of European data, we found both weight gain and weight loss to be associated with the onset of job strain, consistent with a U-shaped cross-sectional association between job strain and BMI. These associations were relatively modest; therefore, it is unlikely that intervention to reduce job strain would be effective in combating obesity at a population level.