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Lower socioeconomic status, adiposity and negative health behaviours in youth: a cross-sectional observational study.
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- Pathways of Parental Education on Children's and Adolescent's Body Mass Index: The Mediating Roles of Behavioral and Psychological Factors.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Periodontal therapy on the oral health-related quality of life of obese and non-obese individuals.Odontology · 2021Article
- Prevalence of Dietary Behavior and Determinants of Quality of Diet among Beneficiaries of Government Welfare Assistance in Poland.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Built Environment, Psychosocial Factors and Active Commuting to School in Adolescents: Clustering a Self-Organizing Map Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Re-look at socioeconomic inequalities in stroke prevalence among urban Chinese: is the inflexion approaching?BMC public health · 2018Article
- Psychosocial Determinants of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in a Japanese Population.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016Article
- Correlates of Insufficient Physical Activity among Junior High School Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in Xi'an, China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectiveUnderstanding obesity and its modifiable risk factors in youth is key to addressing the burden of cardiovascular disease later in life. Our aim was to examine the associations among adiposity, negative health behaviours and socioeconomic status in youth from the Niagara Region. DESIGN, SETTING AND
participantsCross-sectional observational study of 3467 grade 9 students during their mandatory health and physical education class to investigate the association between socioeconomic status (postal code), self-reported health behaviour and adiposity in the Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada.
resultsMedian household income was $63,696 and overall percentage below the after-tax low-income cut-off was 4.2%. Negative health behaviours (especially skipped meals, lower fruit and vegetable consumption, higher screen time) were associated with lower income neighbourhoods, however, the absolute effect was small. Those participants in the lowest income quintile had a significantly greater body mass index z-score than those in the highest (0.72±1.19 vs 0.53±1.12), but the overall trend across quintiles was not statistically significant. A similar trend was noted for waist-to-height ratio. The lowest income neighbourhoods according to after-tax low-income cut-off had small but statistically significant associations with higher adiposity compared with the middle or highest income neighbourhoods.
conclusionsObesity prevention efforts should target modifiable behaviours, with particular attention to adolescents from lower income families and neighbourhoods.
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