Associations between deprivation and rates of childhood overweight and obesity in England, 2007-2010: an ecological study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the associations between deprivation and rates of childhood overweight and obesity in England, from 2007 to 2010.

Design

An ecological study using routine data from the National Child Measurement Programme and Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) 2010 scores.

Setting

Local authority districts in England.

Participants

Schoolchildren in Reception year (age 4-5 years) and Year 6 (age 10-11 years) attending non-specialist maintained state schools in England.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Prevalence of overweight in both Reception and Year 6, prevalence of obesity in both Reception and Year 6 and IMD 2010 scores for each local authority.

Results

In 2009-2010, local authority IMD 2010 scores were strongly correlated w

SUBMITTER: Conrad D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3329605 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature