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ArticlePublic health nutrition2020

Differentiating effects of socio-economic factors on relative weight and nutritional status in Polish schoolchildren across intergenerational changes.

Natalia Nowak-Szczepanska, Aleksandra Gomula, Slawomir Koziel

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  1. Secular Trend and Socioeconomic Variation in Body Height of Young Polish Men Between 1965 and 2023.American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council · 2026
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Natalia Nowak-SzczepanskaDepartment of Anthropology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences in Wroclaw, 50-449Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-2774-992X
Aleksandra GomulaDepartment of Anthropology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences in Wroclaw, 50-449Wroclaw, Poland.
Slawomir KozielDepartment of Anthropology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences in Wroclaw, 50-449Wroclaw, Poland.

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objectiveThe aim of this study was an assessment of the effects of urbanisation level, family size and parental education on body mass index (BMI) and mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) among Polish schoolchildren in cross-sectional surveys conducted between 1966 and 2012.

designThe analysis involved schoolchildren measured in four Polish Anthropological Surveys (1966, 1978, 1988 and 2012). Socio-economic factors involved: urbanisation level (city, town and village), family size (one child, two children, three children, four or more children), and father's and mother's education (lower and higher education).

settingRegions in Poland - cities: Warsaw, Lodz and Wroclaw; towns: Bystrzyca Klodzka, Pinczow, Siemiatycze, Wolsztyn and their rural surroundings.

participantsA total sample consisted of 63 757 children (31 774 boys and 31 983 girls) aged 7-18 years.

resultsBetween 1966 and 1988, both BMI and MUAC had significantly higher values in children from cities, in families with one child and with higher parental education (P < 0·05). However, MUAC revealed significant differences between particular socio-economic groups more frequently than BMI. In 2012, urbanisation level and parental education ceased to show a differentiating effect on both indicators, while family size remained a significant social factor for both measures (BMI: P < 0·05; MUAC: P < 0·01).

conclusionsSince MUAC reflected socio-economic differences more frequently than BMI, it could be a more sensitive and reliable anthropometric measure revealing the effects of socio-economic factors on children's nutritional status.

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Body Mass IndexEconomic FactorsNutritional StatusAdolescentArmBody WeightChildCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansIntergenerational RelationsMalePolandSocioeconomic FactorsBMIMid-upper arm circumferenceNutritional statusSocio-economic factors

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PMCPMC10200581

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