Obesity, underweight and BMI distribution characteristics of children by gross national income and income inequality: results from an international survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Economic wealth and income inequality may impact on childhood BMI distribution by affecting overconsumption of food and sedentary forms of transportation and entertainment across the whole or some of the population.

Objectives

To determine whether BMI distribution of children differs by gross national income (GNI) per capita and Gini index derived from World Bank data.

Methods

Secondary analysis of largely self-reported height and weight data from a multi-country, cross-sectional study (ISAAC), of 77,963 children aged 6-7 (from 19 countries) and 205,388 adolescents aged 13-14 (from 36 countries), were used to examine underweight vs obesity prevalence and BMI distribution skewness, median and dispersion.

Results

Children and adolescents from 'lower' G

SUBMITTER: Murphy R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6009988 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature