Increase in body weight following residential displacement. Five year follow-up after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.

CONCLUSION: Survivors relocated to temporary housing had an increased risk of weight gain. The weight gain in this group is a potential risk factor for metabolic syndrome in the post-disaster period. PMID: 32536638 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32536638?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Epidemiology - June 18, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Tags: J Epidemiol Source Type: research