The Combined Effects of Social Determinants of Health on Childhood Overweight and Obesity.

ABSTRACT: Background: To characterize the association between multiple social determinants of health (SDOH) and overweight and obesity among US children. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis using the 2016-2020 National Survey of Children's Health. SDOH domains consisted of Economic Stability, Social and Community Context, Neighborhood and Built Environment, and Health Care Access and Quality. We used ordinal logistic regression to model associations between SDOH and weight status and calculate predicted probabilities of having overweight or obesity for various SDOH profiles. Results: Data from 81,716 children represented a weighted sample of 29,415,016 children ages 10-17 years in the United States. Of these, 17% had overweight and 17% had obesi

SUBMITTER: Blasingame M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12344120 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature