Interaction between Parental Education and Household Wealth on Children's Obesity Risk.

ABSTRACT: Parents' education and household wealth cannot be presumed to operate independently of each other. However, in traditional studies on the impact of social inequality on obesity, education and financial wealth tend to be viewed as separable processes. The present study examines the interaction of parents' education and household wealth in relation to childhood obesity. Anthropometric measurement and questionnaire surveys were carried out on 3670 children (aged 9⁻12 years) and their parents from 26 elementary schools in northeast China. Results showed that the interaction term was significant for household wealth and father's education (p < 0.01), while no significant interaction between household wealth and mother's education was found. In a separate analysis, the interaction was sta

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6121534 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature