Socioeconomic factors and childhood overweight in Europe: results from the multi-centre IDEFICS study

• Published in: Pediatric obesity Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 1 - 12
• Main Authors: Bammann, K., Gwozdz, W., Lanfer, A., Barba, G., De Henauw, S., Eiben, G., Fernandez-Alvira, J.M., Kovács, E., Lissner, L., Moreno, L.A., Tornaritis, M., Veidebaum, T., Pigeot, I.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2013; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Age of Onset; Analysis of Variance; Body Fat Distribution; Child; Child, Preschool; Childrens health; Cross-Sectional Studies; Europe; Europe - epidemiology; European Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data; Female; Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa och socialmedicin; Humans; Income; Male; Nutrition education; Obesity; overweight; Overweight - economics; Overweight - epidemiology; Overweight - ethnology; Overweight - prevention & control; Parents; Pediatrics; Prevalence; Public Health, Global Health and Social Medicine; Risk Factors; Socioeconomic Factors; Studies; Surveys and Questionnaires; Europe; socioeconomic factors; Child; overweight; Europe

Summary What is already known about this subject Overweight and obesity can be linked to different parental socioeconomic factors already in very young children. In Western developed countries, the association of childhood overweight and obesity and parental socioeconomic status shows a negative gra...