Comparison of Obesity Rates in Early Childhood (4 to 80 months) by Parental Socioeconomic Status Using National Cohort Dataset in Korea | Zendy

In-Sook Lee | Zendy; KyungSook Bang | Zendy; Hyojeong Moon | Zendy; Jieun Kim | Zendy

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Comparison of Obesity Rates in Early Childhood (4 to 80 months) by Parental Socioeconomic Status Using National Cohort Dataset in Korea

Author(s) -

In-Sook Lee,

KyungSook Bang,

Hyojeong Moon,

Jieun Kim

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

asian nursing research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.674

H-Index - 26

eISSN - 2093-7482

pISSN - 1976-1317

DOI - 10.1016/j.anr.2016.10.005

Subject(s) - overweight , medicine , obesity , socioeconomic status , underweight , body mass index , demography , cohort , childhood obesity , pediatrics , psychological intervention , environmental health , population , pathology , psychiatry , sociology

Child obesity has been on the rise and become a worldwide health issue. Low socioeconomic status (SES) is known as an influencing factor for childhood obesity, but relevant studies on a national level are scarce in Korea. The purpose of this study was to identify the prevalence of obesity for each age group by parental SES and analyze the trends of changes in weight status using a Korean national cohort dataset.

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