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Country-level and individual correlates of overweight and obesity among primary school children: a cross-sectional study in seven European countries

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Title
Country-level and individual correlates of overweight and obesity among primary school children: a cross-sectional study in seven European countries
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BMC Public Health, May 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12889-015-1809-z
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Beatriz Olaya, Maria Victoria Moneta, Ondine Pez, Adina Bitfoi, Mauro Giovanni Carta, Ceyda Eke, Dietmar Goelitz, Katherine M Keyes, Rowella Kuijpers, Sigita Lesinskiene, Zlatka Mihova, Roy Otten, Christophe Fermanian, Josep Maria Haro, Viviane Kovess

Abstract

The present study aims to estimate childhood overweight and obesity prevalence and their association with individual and population-level correlates in Eastern and Western European countries. Data were obtained from the School Children Mental Health in Europe, a cross-sectional survey conducted in 2010 in Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Romania, Bulgaria, Lithuania and Turkey. The sample consists of 5,206 school children aged 6 to 11 years old. Information on socio-demographics, children's height and weight, life-style and parental attitude were reported by the mothers. Country-level indicators were obtained through several data banks. Overweight and obesity in children were calculated according to the international age and gender-specific child Body Mass Index cut-off points. Multivariable logistic regression models included socio-demographic, lifestyle, mothers' attitude, and country-level indicators to examine the correlates of overweight. Overall prevalence was 15.6% (95%CI = 19.3-21.7%) for overweight and 4.9% (95%CI = 4.3-5.6%) for obesity. In overweight (including obesity), Romanian children had the highest prevalence (31.4%, 95%CI = 28.1-34.6%) and Italian the lowest (10.4%, 95%CI = 8.1-12.6%). Models in the pooled sample showed that being younger (aOR = 0.93, 95% = CI 0.87-0.97), male (aOR = 1.24, 95%CI = 1.07-1.43), an only child (aOR = 1.40, 95%CI = 1.07-1.84), spending more hours per week watching TV (aOR = 1.01, 95%CI =1.002-1.03), and living in an Eastern Country were associated with greater risk of childhood overweight (including obesity). The same predictors were significantly associated with childhood overweight in the model conducted in the Eastern region, but not in the West. Higher Gross Domestic Product and Real Domestic Product, greater number of motor and passenger vehicles, higher percentage of energy available from fat, and more public sector expenditure on health were also associated with lower risk for childhood overweight after adjusting for covariables in the pooled sample and in the east of Europe, but not in the West. Prevalence rates of overweight and obesity in school children is still high, especially in Eastern regions, with some socio-demographic factors and life-styles associated with being overweight. It is also in the Eastern region itself where better macro-economic indicators are related with lower rates of childhood overweight. This represents a public health concern that deserves special attention in those countries undertaking economic and political transitions.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Italy 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 192 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 28 14%
Student > Bachelor 28 14%
Researcher 24 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 20 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 12 6%
Other 32 16%
Unknown 50 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 49 25%
Nursing and Health Professions 26 13%
Social Sciences 14 7%
Psychology 10 5%
Sports and Recreations 7 4%
Other 32 16%
Unknown 56 29%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 August 2022.
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#4,627,985
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#5,065
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#80
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