Mediators of differences by parental education in weight-related outcomes in childhood and adolescence in Norway

Mekonnen, Teferi; Brantsæter, Anne‐Lise; Andersen, Lene Frost; Lien, Nanna; Arah, Onyebuchi A.; Gebremariam, Mekdes Kebede; Papadopoulou, Eleni

doi:10.1038/s41598-022-09987-z

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“…Different studies have already shown the positive effects of nutritional education on weight in children [15][16][17]. However, our study is the first in Central and Eastern Europe to start education for children at this early age and engage both parents in a very simple and low-cost way using modern technology.…”

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confidence: 88%

“…A recently conducted study in Norway showed that children of low-educated parents gained more excess weight at two years than children of high-educated parents (total effect, RRTE = 1.06; 95% CI 1.01, 1.10) [16]. Furthermore, children of low-educated parents were more likely to be overweight or have obesity than those of high-educated parents [16].…”

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“…Moreover, the level of parents' education has been proven to affect children's weight [7,[12][13][14]. Several studies showed the effectiveness of parental nutritional education in improving their children's health [15][16][17]. The concepts of nutritional programming focus on the influence of parents, especially mothers, on the nutritional status of the child in the youngest years.…”

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The Influence of Parents’ Nutritional Education Program on Their Infants’ Metabolic Health

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Dobrzyńska

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Childhood obesity is considered an epidemic in both developing and developed countries. Children obesity plays a vital role in children’s development and has a profound impact on their health in adult life. Although the etiology of obesity is multifactorial, it can be prevented. According to research, feeding practices, developing eating habits, and parenting styles are of primary importance. Despite the widespread access to information on children’s nutrition, parents still make many mistakes preparing their meals. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the impact of parents’ nutritional education on children’s selected anthropometric-metabolic parameters during their first year of life. The study comprised a group of parents of 203 Polish infants. Their parents were randomly assigned to one of two groups: the intervention group received intensive mobile nutritional education for a year, while the control group received no intervention. Blood tests and anthropometric measures were performed on both groups at the beginning of the study and one year later. Our study showed that parental nutritional education influences, among others. the BMI Z-score (the difference between the groups was 1.039) and the TG/HDL ratio (p < 0.001) in children. The final results of our study showed that proper nutritional education could improve children’s nutritional status at the population level.

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The Influence of Parents’ Nutritional Education Program on Their Infants’ Metabolic Health

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Dobrzyńska

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“…Also, student’s t-tests were used to compare the mean differences in the built environment features of the participants’ residential neighborhoods between the non-overweight and overweight groups. Confounders for the association between neighborhood characteristics and overweight included were individual characteristics such as participant’s ethnicity [ 56 ] and parental education [ 57 ], multivariate analyses of variance adjusting for those covariates were performed.…”

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Neighborhood deprivation, built environment, and overweight in adolescents in the city of Oslo

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Background Even though the social and built environment characteristics of neighborhoods have been studied as potential determinants of social inequalities in obesity among adults, fewer studies have focused on children. Our first aim was to investigate whether there were differences in the food and physical activity environments between different neighborhood deprivation levels in the city of Oslo. We also explored whether there was an association between the prevalence of overweight (including obesity) among adolescents and (i) neighborhood deprivation levels and (ii) food and physical activity environments of the neighborhoods they live in. Methods We conducted a food and physical activity environment mapping (using ArcGIS Pro) in all neighborhoods of Oslo, which were defined by administrative boundaries (sub-districts). The neighborhood deprivation score was calculated based on the percentage of households living in poverty, unemployment in the neighborhood, and residents with low education. A cross-sectional study including 802 seventh graders from 28 primary schools in Oslo residing in 75 out of 97 sub-districts in Oslo was also performed. MANCOVA and partial correlations were ran to compare the built environment distribution between different neighborhood deprivation levels, and multilevel logistic regression analyses were used to explore the effect of neighborhood deprivation and the food and physical activity environments on childhood overweight. Results We found that deprived neighborhoods had greater availability of fast food restaurants and fewer indoor recreational facilities compared to low-deprived neighborhoods. Additionally, we observed that the residential neighborhoods of the adolescents with overweight had greater availability of grocery and convenience stores when compared to the residential neighborhoods of the adolescents without overweight. Adolescents living in neighborhoods with high deprivation had a two-fold higher odds (95% CI = 1.1–3.8) to have overweight compared to adolescents living in neighborhoods with low deprivation, regardless of participants’ ethnicity and parental education. However, the built environment did not determine the relationship between neighborhood deprivation and overweight in adolescents. Conclusion The neighborhoods in Oslo with higher deprivation levels had more obesogenic characteristics than the low-deprived neighborhoods. Adolescents living in high-deprived neighborhoods were more likely to have overweight than their counterparts from low-deprived neighborhoods. Thus, preventive measures targeting adolescents from high-deprived neighborhoods should be put in place in order to reduce incidence of overweight.

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“…Confounders for the association between neighborhood characteristics and obesity included were individual characteristics such as participant's ethnicity (56) and parental education (57), multivariate analyses of variance adjusting for those covariates were performed.…”

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Neighborhood deprivation, built environment, and childhood obesity in the city of Oslo

Coutinho

Andersen

Lien

et al. 2022

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Background Even though the social and built environment characteristics of neighborhoods have been studied as potential determinants of social inequalities in obesity among adults, fewer studies have focused on children. Our first aim was to investigate whether there were differences in the food and physical activity environments between different neighborhood deprivation levels in the city of Oslo. We also explored whether there was an association between overweight/obesity prevalence among adolescents and i. neighborhood deprivation levels and ii. food and physical activity environments of the neighborhoods they live in. Methods We conducted a food and physical activity environment mapping (using ArcGIS Pro) in all neighborhoods of Oslo, which were defined by administrative boundaries (sub-districts). The neighborhood deprivation score was calculated based on the percentage of households living in poverty, unemployment in the neighborhood, and residents with low education. A cross-sectional study including 802 seventh graders from 28 primary schools in Oslo residing in 75 out of 97 sub-districts in Oslo was also performed. MANCOVA and partial correlations were ran to compare the built environment distribution between different neighborhood deprivation levels, and multilevel logistic regression analyses were used to explore the effect of neighborhood deprivation and the food and physical activity environments on childhood overweight/obesity. Results We found that deprived neighborhoods had greater availability of fast food restaurants and fewer indoor recreational facilities compared to low-deprived neighborhoods. Additionally, we observed that the residential neighborhoods of the children with overweight/obesity had greater availability of grocery and convenience stores when compared to the residential neighborhoods of the children without overweight/obesity. Children living in deprived neighborhoods had a two-fold higher odds (95% CI = 1.1–3.8) to have overweight/obesity compared to children living in low-deprived neighborhoods, regardless of participants' ethnicity and parental education. However, the built environment did not determine the relationship between neighborhood deprivation and children’s overweight/obesity. Conclusions The neighborhoods in Oslo with higher deprivation levels had more obesogenic characteristics than the low-deprived neighborhoods. Children living in high-deprived neighborhoods were more likely to have overweight/obesity than their counterparts from low-deprived neighborhoods. Thus, preventive measures targeting children from low-deprived neighborhoods should be put in place in order to reduce incidence of overweight/obesity.

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Mediators of differences by parental education in weight-related outcomes in childhood and adolescence in Norway

Cited by 6 publications

References 74 publications

The Influence of Parents’ Nutritional Education Program on Their Infants’ Metabolic Health

The Influence of Parents’ Nutritional Education Program on Their Infants’ Metabolic Health

Neighborhood deprivation, built environment, and overweight in adolescents in the city of Oslo

Neighborhood deprivation, built environment, and childhood obesity in the city of Oslo

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