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Time Trends and Sociodemographic Factors Associated With Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents in Spain

Author(s) -

Jeroen de Bont,

Yesika Díaz,

Maribel Casas,

María García-Gil,

Martine Vrijheid,

Talita DuarteSalles

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

jama network open

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.278

H-Index - 39

ISSN - 2574-3805

DOI - 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.1171

Subject(s) - overweight , medicine , obesity , demography , socioeconomic status , body mass index , residence , population , incidence (geometry) , public health , childhood obesity , interquartile range , cohort , gerontology , pediatrics , environmental health , physics , nursing , sociology , optics , surgery , pathology

Key Points Question How do time trends in the prevalence and incidence of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents differ by sociodemographic factors? Findings In this cohort study of more than 1.1 million children and adolescents, overall prevalence and incidence rates of childhood overweight/obesity and obesity slightly decreased during the last decade. However, prevalence increased among children from the most deprived areas and with non-Spanish nationalities, indicating increasing deprivation disparities. Meaning In this study, despite an overall reduction in the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity, increasing deprivation disparities were observed during the last decade.

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