Socioeconomic inequalities in children's weight, height and BMI trajectories in Norway

T Mekonnen, E Papadopoulou, OA Arah… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Studies exploring when social inequalities in body mass index (BMI) and its composites
emerge and how these evolve with age are limited. Thus, this study explored parental …

Maternal educational inequalities in measured body mass index trajectories in three European countries

C McCrory, S Leahy, AI Ribeiro, S Fraga… - Paediatric and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Social inequalities in the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity are
well‐established, but less is known about when the social gradient first emerges and how it …

Socioeconomic disparities in birth weight and body mass index during infancy through age 7 years: a study within the Danish National Birth Cohort

CS Morgen, PK Andersen, LH Mortensen, LD Howe… - BMJ open, 2017 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Background Socioeconomic inequalities in birth weight and in body mass index (BMI) later
in childhood are in opposite directions, which raises questions about when during childhood …

Family and neighbourhood socioeconomic inequalities in childhood trajectories of BMI and overweight: longitudinal study of Australian children

PW Jansen, FK Mensah, JM Nicholson, M Wake - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Socioeconomic inequalities in longitudinal patterning of childhood overweight
could cause marked differentials in total burden by adulthood. This study aims to determine …

Development of socioeconomic inequalities in obesity among Dutch pre‐school and school‐aged children

SH Bouthoorn, AI Wijtzes, VWV Jaddoe, A Hofman… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To investigate the emergence of the inverse socioeconomic gradient in body mass
index (BMI) in the first 6 years of life. Furthermore, associations of socioeconomic position …

Does parenting help to explain socioeconomic inequalities in children's body mass index trajectories? Longitudinal analysis using the Growing Up in Scotland study

A Parkes, H Sweeting, R Young… - J Epidemiol Community …, 2016 - jech.bmj.com
Background Pathways leading to socioeconomic inequalities in young children's body mass
index (BMI) are not well understood. This study examined whether parenting related to the …

Socioeconomic inequalities in weight, height and body mass index from birth to 5 years

M Ballon, J Botton, MA Charles, S Carles… - International Journal of …, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract Background/Objectives Studies in high-income countries show that despite the
positive association of weight with socioeconomic position at birth, an inverse …

Social inequality and age-specific gender differences in overweight and perception of overweight among Swedish children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study

JS Van Vliet, PA Gustafsson, K Duchen, N Nelson - BMC public health, 2015 - Springer
Background Overweight among children and adolescents related to social inequality, as
well as age and gender differences, may contribute to poor self-image, thereby raising …

Socioeconomic inequalities in childhood and adolescent body-mass index, weight, and height from 1953 to 2015: an analysis of four longitudinal, observational …

D Bann, W Johnson, L Li, D Kuh, R Hardy - The Lancet Public Health, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Socioeconomic inequalities in childhood body-mass index (BMI) have been
documented in high-income countries; however, uncertainty exists with regard to how they …

Socioeconomic status is not inversely associated with overweight in preschool children

L van Rossem, LM Silva, A Hokken-Koelega… - The Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To assess whether socioeconomic inequalities were already present in
preschool children. STUDY DESIGN: We used data from 2954 Dutch children participating …