Gender, work-family conflict, and weight gain: four-year follow-up of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)
This study sought to analyze the effect of work-to-family conflict (demands from work that affect one’s family/personal life), family-to-work conflict (demands from family/personal life that affect work), and lack of time for self-care and leisure due to professional and domestic demands on the inci...
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| author | Rosane Harter Griep Aline Silva-Costa Dóra Chor Letícia de Oliveira Cardoso Susanna Toivanen Maria de Jesus Mendes da Fonseca Lúcia Rotenberg |
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| description | This study sought to analyze the effect of work-to-family conflict (demands from work that affect one’s family/personal life), family-to-work conflict (demands from family/personal life that affect work), and lack of time for self-care and leisure due to professional and domestic demands on the incidence of weight gain and increase in waist circumference by gender in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil). Our study included 9,159 ELSA-Brasil participants (4,413 men and 4,746 women) who attended baseline (2008-2010) and the first follow-up visit (2012-2014). Weight gain and increase in waist circumference were defined as an annual increase ≥ 75th percentile, i.e., ≥ 1.21kg/year and ≥ 1.75cm/year, respectively for women; and ≥ 0.96kg/year and ≥ 1.41cm/year respectively for men. Associations were estimated by Poisson regression applying robust variance with the R software. Analyses were stratified by gender and adjusted for socioeconomic variables. Adjusted models showed a higher risk of weight gain among women who reported family-to-work conflict frequently and sometimes (relative risk - RR = 1.37 and RR = 1.15, respectively) and among those who reported frequent lack of time for self-care and leisure (RR = 1.13). Among men, time-based work-to-family conflict (RR = 1.17) and strain-based work-to-family conflict (RR = 1.24) were associated with weight gain. No associations were observed between work-family conflict domains and increase in waist circumference. These findings suggest that occupational and social health promotion programs are essential to help workers balance work and family life to reduce weight gain. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-24da70668b7b4c92958f398dc92f855c2022-12-22T00:40:30ZengEscola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo CruzCadernos de Saúde Pública1678-44642022-05-0138410.1590/0102-311xen066321Gender, work-family conflict, and weight gain: four-year follow-up of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)Rosane Harter Griephttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6250-2036Aline Silva-Costahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1753-3922Dóra Chorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9981-6402Letícia de Oliveira Cardosohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1312-1808Susanna Toivanenhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7505-0676Maria de Jesus Mendes da Fonsecahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5319-5513Lúcia Rotenberghttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4132-2167This study sought to analyze the effect of work-to-family conflict (demands from work that affect one’s family/personal life), family-to-work conflict (demands from family/personal life that affect work), and lack of time for self-care and leisure due to professional and domestic demands on the incidence of weight gain and increase in waist circumference by gender in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil). Our study included 9,159 ELSA-Brasil participants (4,413 men and 4,746 women) who attended baseline (2008-2010) and the first follow-up visit (2012-2014). Weight gain and increase in waist circumference were defined as an annual increase ≥ 75th percentile, i.e., ≥ 1.21kg/year and ≥ 1.75cm/year, respectively for women; and ≥ 0.96kg/year and ≥ 1.41cm/year respectively for men. Associations were estimated by Poisson regression applying robust variance with the R software. Analyses were stratified by gender and adjusted for socioeconomic variables. Adjusted models showed a higher risk of weight gain among women who reported family-to-work conflict frequently and sometimes (relative risk - RR = 1.37 and RR = 1.15, respectively) and among those who reported frequent lack of time for self-care and leisure (RR = 1.13). Among men, time-based work-to-family conflict (RR = 1.17) and strain-based work-to-family conflict (RR = 1.24) were associated with weight gain. No associations were observed between work-family conflict domains and increase in waist circumference. These findings suggest that occupational and social health promotion programs are essential to help workers balance work and family life to reduce weight gain.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2022000405014&lng=en&tlng=enWork-Life BalanceGender AnalysisFamily |
| spellingShingle | Rosane Harter Griep Aline Silva-Costa Dóra Chor Letícia de Oliveira Cardoso Susanna Toivanen Maria de Jesus Mendes da Fonseca Lúcia Rotenberg Gender, work-family conflict, and weight gain: four-year follow-up of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) Cadernos de Saúde Pública Work-Life Balance Gender Analysis Family |
| title | Gender, work-family conflict, and weight gain: four-year follow-up of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) |
| title_full | Gender, work-family conflict, and weight gain: four-year follow-up of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) |
| title_fullStr | Gender, work-family conflict, and weight gain: four-year follow-up of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender, work-family conflict, and weight gain: four-year follow-up of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) |
| title_short | Gender, work-family conflict, and weight gain: four-year follow-up of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) |
| title_sort | gender work family conflict and weight gain four year follow up of the brazilian longitudinal study of adult health elsa brasil |
| topic | Work-Life Balance Gender Analysis Family |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2022000405014&lng=en&tlng=en |
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