Body Composition and Cardiometabolic Risk in Children.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Understanding secular patterns in body composition and cardiometabolic risk factors (CMRFs) is essential for identifying early-life determinants of cardiovascular health, guiding public health policies, and developing early prevention strategies.

Objective

To examine secular patterns in the prevalence of underweight, overweight, obesity, and CMRFs among schoolchildren in Spain from 1992 to 2022.

Design, setting, and participants

Repeated cross-sectional study analyzing data from 7 time points over a 30-year period in public primary schools from the Cuenca province in Spain. Participants were children aged 8 to 11 years (fourth to fifth grade) from 7 cohorts studied in 1992, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2010, 2018, and 2022. Data were analyzed from April 2024 to May 20

SUBMITTER: Sequi-Dominguez I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12492057 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature