Figure 1.

Adjusted change in body mass index from 1995 to 2004 for job-related demands among US men and women. Increasing job-related demands were associated with increasing weight gain among obese men (A) and women (B) and less weight gain among normal weight men and women. Results were adjusted for baseline body mass index (BMI); age; race; income; presence of generalized anxiety disorder, panic attack, or depression; smoking status; quitting smoking; presence of diabetes; self-rated health; and self-rated relative health. Trend lines represent predictions from the fitted model for specified body mass index values, set to the body mass index mean for each baseline body mass index category. In A, mean body mass index values are 22.8 (normal weight), 27.1 (overweight), and 33.8 (obese) kg/m². In B, mean body mass index values are 21.7 (normal weight), 27.3 (overweight), and 35.4 (obese) kg/m².