Relationship between childhood obesity and socio-economic status among primary school children in Costa Rica.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This article analyses the relationship between socio-economic status and the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the primary school population in Costa Rica.

Design

A National School Weight/Height Census was disseminated across Costa Rica in 2016. The percentage of children who were overweight or obese was calculated by sex, age and socio-economic indicators (type of institution: private, public, mix; type of geographic location: rural, urban and the level of development of the district of residence: quartiles). A mixed-effects multinomial logistic regression model and mixed-effects logistic regression model were used to analyse the association between the prevalence of being overweight or obese and district socio-economic status.

Setting

The survey was

SUBMITTER: Gamboa-Gamboa T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10195363 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature