The impact of changing economic conditions on overweight risk among children in California from 2008 to 2012.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The recent economic recession represents an opportunity to test whether decreases in economic resources may have deleterious consequences on childhood overweight/obesity risk.

Methods

We investigated the association between indicators of changing macroeconomic conditions from 2008 to 2012 and overweight/obesity risk among school-aged children in California (n=1 741 712) using longitudinal anthropometric measurements. Multivariate regression, with individual and county fixed effects, was used to examine the effects of annual county-level unemployment and foreclosure rates on risk of child overweight/obesity, overall and among subgroups (race/ethnicity, sex, county-level median household income and county-level urban/rural status).

Results

From 2008 to 2012,

SUBMITTER: Oddo VM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5870869 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature