Social disadvantage, a collective term which may (among others) refer
to low socioeconomic status (i.e. low educational level, low income,
low job status) or non-native ethnicity, is a strong determinant of
health. Socioeconomic status and ethnicity (the latter being
strongly associated with socioeconomic status) are of particular
interest in the context of the subject of this thesis, i.e. overweight.
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