Socioeconomic and early-life factors and risk of being overweight or obese in children of Swedish- and foreign-born parents

Khanolkar, Amal R.; Sovio, Ulla; Bartlett, Jonathan; Wallby, Thomas; Koupil, Ilona

doi:10.1038/pr.2013.108

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“…The role of SES in overweight/obesity in children of immigrants is not clearly established. The present study complemented the evidence which showed that the difference in overweight/obesity in children of immigrants cannot be simply explained by SES (16), in contrast to the studies where social class explained the difference (10,27). Our age-specific cross-sectional regression models showed that after controlling for family SEP and neighbourhood liveability, children of mothers from low-and-middle income countries had higher overweight/obesity odds at most ages, although these were statistically significant at 6-7 (sensitivity analysis), 8-9 and 10-11 years for sons and 4-5 years for daughters.…”

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confidence: 87%

“…However, this health advantage does not extend to the children of immigrants who are born in high-income countries (2). Evidence from high-income countries with large immigrant populations is inconclusive on the reversal of this health advantage (2,(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16). Immigrant health deterioration in such short period is considered to be primarily due to the interrelationship of cultural, socioeconomic and environmental risk factors in the host society (for example, western-diet and sedentary lifestyle) and those carried over from the origin country (such as cultural preferences for large body size and low physical activity) (2,12).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Growing up in Australia: paradox of overweight/obesity in children of immigrants from low‐and‐middle ‐income countries

Zulfiqar

Strazdins

Banwell

et al. 2018

Obesity Science & Practice

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SummaryObjectiveChildren of immigrants from low‐and‐middle‐income countries show excess overweight/obesity risk relative to host populations, possibly due to socioeconomic disadvantage. The present study was conducted to estimate overweight/obesity prevalence and its association with the family socioeconomic‐position in 2–11‐year‐old Australian‐born children of immigrants and Australian‐mothers.MethodsA cross‐sectional analysis of 10‐year data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children was undertaken. Overweight/obesity was defined according to the International Obesity Taskforce, age‐and sex‐specific BMI cut‐off‐points.ResultsApproximately 24% children aged 2–3 years (22% sons, and 25% daughters), were overweight/obese with no significant difference between children of immigrants and Australian‐mothers. Overweight/obesity prevalence consistently increased with age for sons of mothers from low‐and‐middle‐income countries but not daughters. Adjusting for the family socioeconomic‐position did not explain excess overweight/obesity in children of mothers from low‐and‐middle‐income countries. The odds of overweight/obesity in sons were significantly higher at 8–9 years (OR 1.5; p = 0.03) and 10–11 years (OR 1.5; p = 0.03) and in daughters at 4–5 years (OR 1.7; p = 0.002) when the mothers were from low‐and‐middle‐income countries.ConclusionExcess weight in children of immigrants is not due to socioeconomic disadvantage alone. Other social processes and interactions between immigrants and host cultures may be involved.

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confidence: 99%

Growing up in Australia: paradox of overweight/obesity in children of immigrants from low‐and‐middle ‐income countries

Zulfiqar

Strazdins

Banwell

et al. 2018

Obesity Science & Practice

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“…28 As we found, nonwhite children in many countries have increased odds of being overweight or obese. 15,29,30 In contrast, a recent study involving immigrant and nonimmigrant Canadian children aged 12-18 years reported a lower rate of obesity among immigrant children (18% v. 22%) using self-reported metrics. 28 These differences may be attributed to socioeconomic status or other factors that we could not explore.…”

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confidence: 75%

“…28 These differences may be attributed to socioeconomic status or other factors that we could not explore. [29][30][31] Although others have directly compared Canadian and US rates of overweight or obesity and obesity using BMI thresholds, 1,27 we were further able to study 2 measures of central adiposity (z scores for waist circumference and weight: height ratio) using data for the NHANES III reference population. 25 Compared with the reference population, our overall median z scores for both measures were -0.12 and -0.31, respectively, which confirms that Canadian children have less central adiposity than American children in the Tables 2-4.…”

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Recent trends in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among Canadian children

Rodd

Sharma

2016

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100

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“…Belonging to a non-majority ethnic group is a consistent indicator for the risk of childhood overweight and obesity. It persists at identifying children at risk of overweight and obesity in other studies even after accounting for several socioeconomic indicators and parental weight status [ 21 ], and other early life factors such as breastfeeding, maternal smoking, and birth weight [ 22 ]. Differences in the risk are established even before children enter school [ 23 , 24 ].…”

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Ethnic Inequalities in Overweight and Obesity Prevalence among Copenhagen Schoolchildren from 2002 to 2007

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Aarestrup²,

Pearson³

et al. 2016

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Background: The stabilization in levels of childhood overweight has masked increasing gaps among different ethnic and socioeconomic groups in several countries. Objective: To examine if levels and trends in childhood overweight and obesity differed by ethnicity and socioeconomic areas in Copenhagen schoolchildren. Methods: From measured heights and weights of 32,951 children 5-8 and 14-16 years of age, the prevalence of overweight (including obesity) and obesity were estimated using International Obesity Task Force criteria. Differences in prevalence levels and trends across six school years by ethnicity and socioeconomic areas were examined using logistic regression. Results: The prevalence of overweight significantly decreased from 2002 to 2007 among the youngest Western girls and boys, showed no significant changes among the oldest non-Western girls and increased among the oldest non-Western boys. In all years, the youngest non-Western children had significantly higher levels of overweight than Western children. Although the prevalence of overweight tended to be higher in low socioeconomic areas as compared with high socioeconomic areas, few differences were statistically significant. Consistent trends in overweight across the years by socioeconomic area were not observed. Conclusion: Ethnic and social inequalities exist in childhood overweight among Copenhagen schoolchildren; thus appropriate interventions targeting high-risk groups are needed

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Socioeconomic and early-life factors and risk of being overweight or obese in children of Swedish- and foreign-born parents

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References 33 publications

Growing up in Australia: paradox of overweight/obesity in children of immigrants from low‐and‐middle ‐income countries

Growing up in Australia: paradox of overweight/obesity in children of immigrants from low‐and‐middle ‐income countries

Recent trends in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among Canadian children

Ethnic Inequalities in Overweight and Obesity Prevalence among Copenhagen Schoolchildren from 2002 to 2007

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