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Differences in Overweight and Obesity among Children from Migrant and Native Origin: The Role of Physical Activity, Dietary Intake, and Sleep Duration.
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- Empirical evidence of predictive adaptive response in humans: systematic review and meta-analysis of migrant populations.Journal of developmental origins of health and disease · 2023Pooled it
- Birth and Health Outcomes of Children Migrating With Parents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Pooled it
- Sleep and obesity among children: A systematic review of multiple sleep dimensions.Pediatric obesity · 2020Pooled it
- Food Insecurity and Major Diet-Related Morbidities in Migrating Children: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2020Pooled it
- Sleep, Diet, and Cardiometabolic Health Investigations: a Systematic Review of Analytic Strategies.Current nutrition reports · 2018Pooled it
- Nutritional Vulnerabilities and Dietary Disparities Among Migrant Workers in the Informal Sectors: A Global Scoping Review.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2026Review
- Sleep and Obesity Risk in Children: A Systematic Review of Multiple Dimensions of Sleep.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Race, Ethnicity, and Geography as Determinants of Excessive Weight and Low Physical Activity in Pediatric Population: Protocol for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Cardiometabolic risk profile among children with migrant parents and role of parental education: the IDEFICS/I.Family cohort.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2023Article
- Age-Specific Quantification of Overweight/Obesity Risk Factors From Infancy to Adolescence and Differences by Educational Level of Parents.International journal of public health · 2023Article
- The physical activity and health promotion activities of global university students: a review of reviews.Global health promotion · 2022Article
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- Sleep duration, physical activity, and caloric intake are related to weight status in Mexican American children: a longitudinal analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021Article
- Social vulnerabilities as risk factor of childhood obesity development and their role in prevention programs.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2021Review
- Overweight and Obesity in Children of Immigrant Versus Native Parents: Exploring a Local Setting in Portugal.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Weight status and obesity-related dietary behaviours among culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) children in Victoria, Australia.BMC pediatrics · 2019Article
- Prospective associations between social vulnerabilities and children's weight status. Results from the IDEFICS study.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2018Article
- Associations between social vulnerabilities and psychosocial problems in European children. Results from the IDEFICS study.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2017Article
- Physical Activity, TV Watching Time, Sleeping, and Risk of Obesity and Hyperglycemia in the Offspring of Mothers with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Ethnic differences in sleep duration at 5 years, and its relationship with overweight and blood pressure.European journal of public health · 2016Article
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Abstract
A cross-sectional survey was performed to examine to what degree differences in overweight and obesity between native Dutch and migrant primary school children could be explained by differences in physical activity, dietary intake, and sleep duration among these children. Subjects (n=1943) were primary school children around the age of 8-9 years old and their primary caregivers: native Dutch children (n=1546), Turkish children (n=93), Moroccan children (n=66), other non-western children (n=105), and other western children (n=133). Multivariate regressions and logistic regressions were used to examine the relationship between migrant status, child's behavior, and BMI or prevalence of overweight, including obesity (logistic). Main explanatory variables were physical activity, dietary intake, and sleep duration. We controlled for age, sex, parental educational level, and parental BMI. Although sleep duration, dietary intake of fruit, and dietary intake of energy-dense snacks were associated with BMI, ethnic differences in sleep duration and dietary intake did not have a large impact on ethnic differences in overweight and obesity among children from migrant and native origin. It is suggested that future preventive strategies to reduce overweight and obesity, in general, consider the role of sleep duration. Also, cross-cultural variation in preparation of food among specific migrant groups, focusing on fat, sugar, and salt, deserves more attention. In order to examine which other variables may clarify ethnic differences in overweight and obesity, future research is needed.
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