ArticleActa paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)2025
The prevalence of overweight among 4-year-olds during and after the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with socioeconomic burden.
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- The Importance of National Monitoring of Children's Growth: Consensus Statement From the Nordic PromoKids Network.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2025Review
- The prevalence of overweight among 4-year-olds during and after the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with socioeconomic burden.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2025Article
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aimTo assess the prevalence of overweight among Swedish 4 year olds in 2018, 2020 and 2022, taking socioeconomic variables into account.
methodsAggregated regional data on children's body mass index were collected. The socioeconomic Care Need Index (CNI), foreign background, low education, being a single parent, low income and childhood poverty, were assessed. The differences in overweight, including obesity, were tested for Sweden and for regions.
resultsData were available for 303 843 children, representing 87% of children born in 2014, 2016 and 2018. Overweight or obesity were found in 11 177 (11.4%) of children in 2022, decreasing from 2020 (13.3%, p < 0.001) but at the same level as in 2018. Regional low CNI, low level of foreign background, education and income as well as being a single parent were associated with a higher prevalence of overweight or obesity in all cohorts (p < 0.001). In regions with high levels of childhood poverty, overweight or obesity were more prevalent during (p = 0.009) and after the pandemic (p < 0.001).
conclusionThree national cohorts demonstrate that the increase in overweight during the COVID-19 pandemic has returned to pre-pandemic levels, but the inequalities in health associated with socioeconomic vulnerability of the regions remained.
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