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Sex and gender differences in childhood obesity: contributing to the research agenda
Childhood obesity is a major public health challenge and its prevalence continues to increase in many, but not all, countries worldwide. International data indicate that the prevalence of obesity is greater among boys than girls 5–19 years of age in the majority of high and upper middle-income count...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7841817/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33521549 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjnph-2020-000074 |
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author | Shah, Bindra Tombeau Cost, Katherine Fuller, Anne Birken, Catherine S Anderson, Laura N |
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description | Childhood obesity is a major public health challenge and its prevalence continues to increase in many, but not all, countries worldwide. International data indicate that the prevalence of obesity is greater among boys than girls 5–19 years of age in the majority of high and upper middle-income countries worldwide. Despite this observed sex difference, relatively few studies have investigated sex-based and gender-based differences in childhood obesity. We propose several hypotheses that may shape the research agenda on childhood obesity. Differences in obesity prevalence may be driven by gender-related influences, such as societal ideals about body weight and parental feeding practices, as well as sex-related influences, such as body composition and hormones. There is an urgent need to understand the observed sex differences in the prevalence of childhood obesity; incorporation of sex-based and gender-based analysis in all childhood obesity studies may ultimately contribute to improved prevention and treatment. |
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spelling | pubmed-78418172021-01-29 Sex and gender differences in childhood obesity: contributing to the research agenda Shah, Bindra Tombeau Cost, Katherine Fuller, Anne Birken, Catherine S Anderson, Laura N BMJ Nutr Prev Health Brief Report Childhood obesity is a major public health challenge and its prevalence continues to increase in many, but not all, countries worldwide. International data indicate that the prevalence of obesity is greater among boys than girls 5–19 years of age in the majority of high and upper middle-income countries worldwide. Despite this observed sex difference, relatively few studies have investigated sex-based and gender-based differences in childhood obesity. We propose several hypotheses that may shape the research agenda on childhood obesity. Differences in obesity prevalence may be driven by gender-related influences, such as societal ideals about body weight and parental feeding practices, as well as sex-related influences, such as body composition and hormones. There is an urgent need to understand the observed sex differences in the prevalence of childhood obesity; incorporation of sex-based and gender-based analysis in all childhood obesity studies may ultimately contribute to improved prevention and treatment. BMJ Publishing Group 2020-09-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7841817/ /pubmed/33521549 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjnph-2020-000074 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Brief Report Shah, Bindra Tombeau Cost, Katherine Fuller, Anne Birken, Catherine S Anderson, Laura N Sex and gender differences in childhood obesity: contributing to the research agenda |
title | Sex and gender differences in childhood obesity: contributing to the research agenda |
title_full | Sex and gender differences in childhood obesity: contributing to the research agenda |
title_fullStr | Sex and gender differences in childhood obesity: contributing to the research agenda |
title_full_unstemmed | Sex and gender differences in childhood obesity: contributing to the research agenda |
title_short | Sex and gender differences in childhood obesity: contributing to the research agenda |
title_sort | sex and gender differences in childhood obesity: contributing to the research agenda |
topic | Brief Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7841817/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33521549 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjnph-2020-000074 |
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