Changing behaviour: an essential component of tackling health inequalities
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Theresa Marteau and colleagues argue that behavioural and social causes of poor health must be tackled in parallel to reduce inequalities
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The socioeconomic patterning of conditions such as type 2 diabetes and obesity, as well as behaviours such as smoking and excess alcohol consumption starts in early life.
“The socioeconomic patterning of conditions such as type 2 diabetes and obesity, as well as behaviours such as smoking and excess alcohol consumption starts in early life. (282)”
From Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2024 report of the Lancet standing Commission (2024) · cites this paper as [282]
In “Policies focusing on behavioural causes” (page unavailable), the paper says tobacco use and alcohol consumption are socioeconomically patterned and discusses childhood obesity. It does not establish that this patterning starts in early life, and the passages do not address type 2 diabetes. (LLM, conf=0.85)
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- Authors
- Marteau, T. M., Rutter, H., & Marmot, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- University of Bath (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Marteau, Theresa M
- Venue
- BMJ
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2021-02-10
- Volume
- 372
- Pages
- n332
- ISSN
- 1756-1833 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7879795
- OpenAlex
- W3127799168
- Cited by
- 95
- References
- 41
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 22
- FWCI
- 10.36
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- BMJ (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Informationszentrum Lebenswissenschaften (ZB MED) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Apollo (University of Cambridge) (submittedVersion)
- Apollo
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust (206853/Z/17/Z)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Public Health and Social Inequalities
- Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Keywords
- health disparities, behavior change, social determinants of health, health promotion
- MeSH terms
- COVID-19, England, Health Policy, Humans, Health Behavior, Health Status Disparities, Pandemics, Social Determinants of Health
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