Adherence
Social Determinants of Health (SDoH), including socioeconomic status, neighborhood environment, and food access, are strongly associated with obesity prevalence and weight regain, independent of individual clinical factors.
Your environment matters. If you live in an area with limited access to healthy food or safe places to exercise, maintaining weight loss is significantly harder. Recognizing these external barriers can help you seek community resources or advocate for policy changes that support your health goals.
an aggregate SDoH score... was found to be strongly associated with obesity, independent of clinical and demographic factors... Compared with the quartile with the fewest SoDH-related challenges, the quartile with the greatest had a 50% higher prevalence of obesity class 1.
Why this rating
The paper cites observational studies linking SDoH to obesity, but the primary POWERS trial results are not yet presented.
Source
The Physiology of the WEight-Reduced State (POWERS) study: environmental, psychological, and social determinants of health
Sai Krupa Das et al. · International Journal of Obesity · 2025
DOI 10.1038/s41366-025-01911-5
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