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Sociodemographic Correlates of Obesity among Spanish Schoolchildren: A Cross-Sectional Study
Some studies have been conducted in order to assess the association between weight status (assessed by body mass index) and socio-demographic factors. Nevertheless, only a few of them have indicated these associations by other anthropometric parameters (e.g., skinfolds). The aim of this study was to...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7692605/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33126639 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children7110201 |
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author | López-Gil, José Francisco López-Benavente, Alba Tárraga López, Pedro Juan Yuste Lucas, Juan Luis |
author_facet | López-Gil, José Francisco López-Benavente, Alba Tárraga López, Pedro Juan Yuste Lucas, Juan Luis |
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description | Some studies have been conducted in order to assess the association between weight status (assessed by body mass index) and socio-demographic factors. Nevertheless, only a few of them have indicated these associations by other anthropometric parameters (e.g., skinfolds). The aim of this study was to determine, compare, and examine the influence of age, sex, type of the schooling, per capita income, area of residence, and immigrant status on obesity parameters in schoolchildren aged 6–13 from the Region of Murcia. A cross-sectional study was carried out in six different Primary schools of the Region of Murcia (Spain). A total sample of 370 children (166 girls) aged 6–13 (8.7 ± 1.8) were selected. In order to determine participants’ body composition, body mass index, waist circumference, waist-to-height ratio, and skinfold measurements were calculated. Higher associations of excess of weight (OR = 1.96; 95%CI = 1.19–3.20) and abdominal obesity (OR = 3.12; 95CI% = 1.49–6.94) were shown in the case of children from public schools. A greater association of high trunk fat mass was found in children from municipalities with high per capita income (OR = 3.20; 95%CI = 1.05–9.77). Therefore, lower association of having an inadequate %BF was found in the participants aged 6–9 (OR = 0.38; 95%CI = 0.24–0.54), and immigrant students (OR = 2.63; 95%CI = 1.69–4.10). Our study suggested that overweight/obesity among schoolchildren in the Region of Murcia is higher than the overall prevalence of Spain. The results of the adjusted analyses showed that age, type of schooling, per capita income, and immigrant status were associated with obesity parameters. |
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spelling | pubmed-76926052020-11-28 Sociodemographic Correlates of Obesity among Spanish Schoolchildren: A Cross-Sectional Study López-Gil, José Francisco López-Benavente, Alba Tárraga López, Pedro Juan Yuste Lucas, Juan Luis Children (Basel) Article Some studies have been conducted in order to assess the association between weight status (assessed by body mass index) and socio-demographic factors. Nevertheless, only a few of them have indicated these associations by other anthropometric parameters (e.g., skinfolds). The aim of this study was to determine, compare, and examine the influence of age, sex, type of the schooling, per capita income, area of residence, and immigrant status on obesity parameters in schoolchildren aged 6–13 from the Region of Murcia. A cross-sectional study was carried out in six different Primary schools of the Region of Murcia (Spain). A total sample of 370 children (166 girls) aged 6–13 (8.7 ± 1.8) were selected. In order to determine participants’ body composition, body mass index, waist circumference, waist-to-height ratio, and skinfold measurements were calculated. Higher associations of excess of weight (OR = 1.96; 95%CI = 1.19–3.20) and abdominal obesity (OR = 3.12; 95CI% = 1.49–6.94) were shown in the case of children from public schools. A greater association of high trunk fat mass was found in children from municipalities with high per capita income (OR = 3.20; 95%CI = 1.05–9.77). Therefore, lower association of having an inadequate %BF was found in the participants aged 6–9 (OR = 0.38; 95%CI = 0.24–0.54), and immigrant students (OR = 2.63; 95%CI = 1.69–4.10). Our study suggested that overweight/obesity among schoolchildren in the Region of Murcia is higher than the overall prevalence of Spain. The results of the adjusted analyses showed that age, type of schooling, per capita income, and immigrant status were associated with obesity parameters. MDPI 2020-10-28 /pmc/articles/PMC7692605/ /pubmed/33126639 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children7110201 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article López-Gil, José Francisco López-Benavente, Alba Tárraga López, Pedro Juan Yuste Lucas, Juan Luis Sociodemographic Correlates of Obesity among Spanish Schoolchildren: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title | Sociodemographic Correlates of Obesity among Spanish Schoolchildren: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_full | Sociodemographic Correlates of Obesity among Spanish Schoolchildren: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_fullStr | Sociodemographic Correlates of Obesity among Spanish Schoolchildren: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Sociodemographic Correlates of Obesity among Spanish Schoolchildren: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_short | Sociodemographic Correlates of Obesity among Spanish Schoolchildren: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_sort | sociodemographic correlates of obesity among spanish schoolchildren: a cross-sectional study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7692605/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33126639 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children7110201 |
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