ArticleObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2022
Racial/ethnic disparities in childhood obesity: The role of school segregation.
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- Obesity Disparities in California Vary by School Ethnic Segregation and School Neighbourhood Income.Pediatric obesity · 2026Observational
- Urinary volatile organic compounds as potential non-invasive markers for childhood obesity.Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society · 2026Article
- Association Between Changes in Racial Residential and School Segregation and Trends in Racial Health Disparities, 2000-2020: A Life Course Perspective.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Latinx and White Adolescents' Preferences for Latinx-Targeted Celebrity and Noncelebrity Food Advertisements: Experimental Survey Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Exposure to School Racial Segregation and Late-Life Cognitive Outcomes.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Community-Based Participatory Obesity Prevention Interventions in Rural Communities: A Scoping Review.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Association of Childhood Exposure to School Racial Segregation with Late-Life Cognitive Outcomes among Older Americans.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
- Individual and regional differences in the effects of school racial segregation on Black students' health.SSM - population health · 2024Article
- Structural racism in primary schools and changes in epigenetic age acceleration among Black and White youth.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveRecent studies have observed that racial or ethnic adult health disparities revealed in national data dissipate in racially integrated communities, supporting the theory that "place, not race" shapes the nature and magnitude of racial/ethnic health disparities. This study tested this theory among children.
methodsIn 2020, the racial/ethnic childhood obesity disparities within integrated schools and between segregated schools were estimated using statewide cross-sectional data collected in 2019 on fifth, seventh, and ninth grade students from California public schools.
resultsSchool segregation accounted for a large part of the obesity disparities between White children and children of color (Latino, Black, and Filipino children). In racially integrated schools, obesity disparities were much smaller than those in statewide data, whereas racial or ethnic childhood obesity disparities were larger when comparing children in majority-White schools with those attending schools with a majority enrollment of children of color, except for Asian children, who generally had lower obesity rates than their White peers.
conclusionsSchool-level racial segregation is a salient contributor to racial/ethnic childhood obesity disparities. Reducing obesity disparities may be particularly effective if place-level interventions target socioeconomically disadvantaged integrated schools and segregated schools attended primarily by children of color.
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