Observational studyArchives of disease in childhood2024
Trends in inequalities in childhood overweight and obesity prevalence: a repeat cross-sectional analysis of the Health Survey for England.
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- Body Appreciation and Weight Control Behaviors in Overweight Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study Informing a CBT-Based Health Promotion Model.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2026Article
- Trends in overweight and socioeconomic inequality among children and adolescents aged 7-18 years in China from 2010 to 2020.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Trends in the Prevalence of Overweight, Obesity and Severe Obesity in Primary School Children in Croatia from 2003 to 2022.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Bridging the gap in obesity research: A consensus statement from the European Society for Clinical Investigation.European journal of clinical investigation · 2025Review
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- Role of Human Milk Microbiota in Infant Neurodevelopment: Mechanisms and Clinical Implications.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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- Implications of child poverty reduction targets for public health and health inequalities in England: a modelling study between 2024 and 2033.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2024Article
- Persistent Social Inequality in Adolescent Health Indicators 1991-2022: Trend Study From Denmark.International journal of public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine trends in socio-economic and ethnic inequalities in childhood overweight and obesity in the England between 1995 and 2019 in survey data and to compare these to administrative data.
designObservational repeated cross-sectional study using the Health Survey for England (HSE) and National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP). OUTCOME: Age and sex standardised overweight, obesity and overweight including obesity. ANALYSIS: Inequalities assessed by parental education, family structure, ethnicity (binary non-white vs white) and area-level Index of Multiple Deprivation. Estimates stratified by age and sex. Trends compared against NCMP data (age 4-5 and 10-11 years).
resultsPrevalence of childhood overweight including obesity increased from 26.0% in 1995 to 31.7% in 2019, with the highest and fastest growing levels in those aged 11-15 years, rising from 29.7% to 38.0%. Despite a plateau in overall childhood obesity since 2004, differences between groups demonstrated widening inequalities over time. Inequalities widened by area-level deprivation, household educational attainment, household structure and ethnicity driven primarily by increased prevalence among socioeconomically disadvantaged children. For example, the gap between children from households with no qualifications versus degree-level qualifications increased from -1.1% to 13.2%, and the gap between single-parent households and couple households increased from 0.5% to 5.3%. HSE trends in prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity by deprivation quintile were consistent with those in NCMP.
conclusionOverall levels of child overweight and obesity increased between 1995 and 2004. Since then, increases in prevalence among less advantaged groups have driven widening of inequalities.
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