Socio-economic correlates of childhood obesity in urban and rural England.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Physical access to food may affect diet and thus obesity rates. We build upon existing work to better understand how socio-economic characteristics of locations are associated with childhood overweight.

Design

Using cross-sectional design and publicly available data, the study specifically compares rural and urban areas, including interactions of distance from supermarkets with income and population density.

Setting

We examine cross-sectional associations with obesity prevalence both in the national scale and across urban and rural areas differing in household wealth.

Participants

Children in reception class (aged 4-5) from all state-maintained schools in England taking part in the National Child Measurement Programme (n 6772).

Results

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SUBMITTER: Titis E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10478054 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature