Open AccessPrevalence of overweight and obesity in Canadian children, 2004 to 2013: Impact of socioeconomic determinants
Author(s) -
Celia Rodd,
Atul Sharma
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1918-1485
pISSN - 1205-7088
DOI - 10.1093/pch/pxx057
Subject(s) - demography , socioeconomic status , overweight , obesity , ethnic group , medicine , immigration , confidence interval , logistic regression , anthropometry , gerontology , geography , population , archaeology , sociology , anthropology
We recently reported an encouraging decline in the prevalence of overweight (OW) or obesity (OB) in Canadian children from 31% to 27% with stabilization in OB rates at ~13% using national survey data between 2004 and 2013. Although rates were lower for toddlers, girls and those of European (White) race-ethnicity, secular trends persisted after adjustment. In this follow-up study, we explored the ability of socioeconomic status to explain or modify these relationships using the same data set.
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