Childhood overweight and obesity have significant short‐and long‐term negative impacts on
children's health and well‐being. These challenges are unequally distributed according to …

Background Low socio‐economic status (SES) is a significant risk factor for childhood
overweight and obesity (COWOB) in high‐income countries. Parents to young children …

Objective The aims of this study are to describe growth trajectories in the body mass index
(BMI) among the major racial and ethnic groups of US children and to identify predictors of …

Parenting behaviors are known to have a major impact on childhood obesity but it has
proven difficult to isolate the specific mechanism of influence. The present study uses …

Objective: Racial/ethnic patterning in the risk of obesity and overweight has been observed
in early childhood; however, little research has compared these disparities between the …

Background Socioeconomic inequalities in longitudinal patterning of childhood overweight
could cause marked differentials in total burden by adulthood. This study aims to determine …

Numerous studies have investigated the association between education and
overweight/obesity. Yet less is known about the relative importance of causation (ie the …

METHODS: We used latent class analysis to derive BMI trajectories by using data collected
at ages 3, 5, 7, and 11 years on 16 936 participants from the Millennium Cohort Study …

According to the “immigrant epidemiological paradox,” immigrants and their children enjoy
health advantages over their US-born peers—advantages that diminish with greater …

Background/objectives Study sex-and ethnic-specific childhood BMI growth trajectories of
US children, and explore the potential causes of ethnic disparities in childhood BMI …