Trends in Socioeconomic Inequalities in Body Mass Index, Underweight and Obesity among English Children, 2007-2008 to 2011-2012

Socioeconomic inequalities in childhood obesity have been reported in most developed countries, with obesity more common in deprived groups. Whether inequalities are found in the prevalence of underweight, the rest of the body mass index (BMI) distribution, or have changed across time is not clear....

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Published in:PloS one 2016-01, Vol.11 (1), p.e0147614-e0147614
Main Authors: White, James, Rehkopf, David, Mortensen, Laust Hvas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biology and Life Sciences
Body mass
Body Mass Index
Body size
Body weight
Cardiovascular disease
Child
Child health
Child, Preschool
Childhood obesity
Children
Children & youth
Demographic aspects
Deprivation
Developed countries
Economic aspects
England - epidemiology
Female
Girls
Health aspects
Health disparities
Humans
Internet
Male
Medicine and Health Sciences
Obesity
Obesity - epidemiology
Overweight
People and Places
Prevalence
Public health
Regression analysis
Sampling methods
Social class
Social Sciences
Socioeconomic Factors
Socioeconomics
Teenagers
Thinness
Trends
Underweight
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Summary:Socioeconomic inequalities in childhood obesity have been reported in most developed countries, with obesity more common in deprived groups. Whether inequalities are found in the prevalence of underweight, the rest of the body mass index (BMI) distribution, or have changed across time is not clear. The sample comprised 5,027,128 children on entry (4 to 5 years old) and leaving (10 to 11 years) state primary (elementary) school who participated in the National Child Measurement Programme (England, United Kingdom). We used area-level deprivation (Indices of Multiple Deprivation at the lower super output area) as a measure of socioeconomic deprivation. From 2007-2008 to 2011-2012 inequalities in obesity between the most compared to least deprived group increased (from 7.21% to 8.30%; p
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0147614