Differentiating effects of socio-economic factors on relative weight and nutritional status in Polish schoolchildren across intergenerational changes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study was an assessment of the effects of urbanisation level, family size and parental education on body mass index (BMI) and mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) among Polish schoolchildren in cross-sectional surveys conducted between 1966 and 2012.

Design

The analysis involved schoolchildren measured in four Polish Anthropological Surveys (1966, 1978, 1988 and 2012). Socio-economic factors involved: urbanisation level (city, town and village), family size (one child, two children, three children, four or more children), and father's and mother's education (lower and higher education).

Setting

Regions in Poland - cities: Warsaw, Lodz and Wroclaw; towns: Bystrzyca Klodzka, Pinczow, Siemiatycze, Wolsztyn and their rural surroundings.

Particip

SUBMITTER: Nowak-Szczepanska N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10200581 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature