Association between household poverty dynamics and childhood overweight risk and health behaviours in the United States: a 8‐year nationally representative longitudinal study of 16 800 children

Abstract

The experience of recurrent household poverty had a significant association with children's adverse eating behaviours and increased obesity risk subsequently.

Physical Activity and Sports Participation Associates With Cognitive Functioning and Academic Progression: An Analysis Using the Combined 2017–2018 National Survey of Children’s Health

“…19,20 The NSCH also collects important information pertaining to the family, including adult education, family Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and the family structure, all of which may influence PA, sports participation, and/or academic performance. [21][22][23][24][25][26] To the authors' knowledge, no study has examined the independent and joint associations between PA and sports participation in multiple variables related to academic performance while concurrently controlling for important potential confounding factors at both the child and family levels. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the independent and joint associations between PA and sports participation on academic performance variables within a representative sample of children and adolescents from the combined 2017-2018 NSCH.…”

Assessing the Impact of Changes in Household Socioeconomic Status on the Health of Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review

“…In comparison, two studies in the U.K. and three Brazilian studies showed mixed evidence, with only one study in each country displaying a unique effect of changing income on child/adolescent BMI (Hackenhaar et al 2013 ; Hallal et al 2012 ; Lai et al 2019 ; McKenna et al 2017 ; Muraro et al 2016 ). The results of the eight studies in the U.S. were also contradictory, although the majority (n = 6) found that either short or long-term decreases in household income were associated with increased subsequent BMI among children and adolescents, and similarly increases in household income were associated with lower subsequent BMI-z scores or weight statuses (Balistreri and Van Hook 2011 ; Demment et al 2014 ; Jo 2018 ; Jones 2018 ; Kendzor et al 2012 ; Margerison-Zilko and Cubbin 2013 ; Min et al 2018 ; Oddo and Jones-Smith 2015 ). The former relationship was also found in the one cohort study of Japanese children (Ueda et al 2015 ).…”

Association between cumulative exposure to adverse childhood experiences and childhood obesity

“…Although several previous studies report an increased risk of obesity with ACEs, many of them relied on variable proxy measures, such as free/reduced lunch status, parental education level or place of residence to assess socioeconomic status, which could be a potential confounder or effect modifier [ 34 , 35 ]. Min et al found that children living in poverty were more likely to engage in sedentary behaviors and have a poor BMI growth trajectory than children of higher socioeconomic status [ 36 ]. Other recent studies have also reported a higher ACEs prevalence among children of lower socioeconomic status [ 37 – 39 ].…”