ArticlePediatrics2018
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Early Childhood Obesity.
Article in Pediatrics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05735600 (Leveraging Cultural Health Beliefs and Actions to Improve Latinx Family Wellness), which is not on this map. Cited by 122 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Leveraging Cultural Health Beliefs and Actions to Improve Latinx Family Wellness
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122 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 201 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Racial-Ethnic Disparities in Obesity and Biological, Behavioral, and Sociocultural Influences in the United States: A Systematic Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2021Pooled it
- The association between polymorphisms near TMEM18 and the risk of obesity: a meta-analysis.BMC medical genomics · 2021Pooled it
- The range of non-traditional anthropometric parameters to define obesity and obesity-related disease in children: a systematic review.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2021Pooled it
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- Evaluation of a cluster-randomized controlled trial: Communities for Healthy Living, family-centered obesity prevention program for Head Start parents and children.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2023Trial
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- Sleep SAAF Responsive Parenting Intervention for Black Mothers Impacts Response to Infant Crying: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Academic pediatricsTrial
- Weight gain and brain development in the ABCD study cohort: A decade of insight and the road ahead.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2026Review
- Global, regional and national intake of plant-based foods among youth in 185 countries (1990-2018): findings from the Global Dietary Database.BMJ global health · 2026Article
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- Prevalence of Preclinical and Clinical Obesity Among US Children and Adolescents Aged 5 to 18 Years: NHANES 2017-2023.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2026Article
- Mental health disparities by sex: unravelling determinants and changes in the refugee resettlement process over a decade.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2026Article
- Adherence to Health Behavior Recommendations among Youth with Obesity Classes I, II, and III.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2026Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe prevalence of childhood obesity is significantly higher among racial and/or ethnic minority children in the United States. It is unclear to what extent well-established obesity risk factors in infancy and preschool explain these disparities. Our objective was to decompose racial and/or ethnic disparities in children's weight status according to contributing socioeconomic and behavioral risk factors.
methodsWe used nationally representative data from ∼10 700 children in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Birth Cohort who were followed from age 9 months through kindergarten entry. We assessed the contribution of socioeconomic factors and maternal, infancy, and early childhood obesity risk factors to racial and/or ethnic disparities in children's BMI
resultsThe prevalence of risk factors varied significantly by race and/or ethnicity. African American children had the highest prevalence of risk factors, whereas Asian children had the lowest prevalence. The major contributor to the BMI
conclusionsDifferences in rapid infant weight gain contribute substantially to racial and/or ethnic disparities in obesity during early childhood. Interventions implemented early in life to target this risk factor could help curb widening racial and/or ethnic disparities in early childhood obesity.
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