To what extent do unhealthy behaviour indicators explain the neighbourhood deprivation gradient in overweight among 11-year-old English children?

ABSTRACT:

Aims

This study examined associations between neighbourhood deprivation, school commuting behaviour, a range of unhealthy behaviour indicators and overweight/obesity among 11-year-old English children.

Methods

Data are from wave five of the UK Millennium Cohort Study, collected in 2012. Subjects consisted of 7262 (3637 boys) 11-year-old English children. Children were classified as normal weight or overweight/obese. School commute mode (active/passive) and health behaviour indicators were parent-reported. Health behaviour indicator scores below the mean of the lower half of the distribution were classified as unhealthy on this indicator. Neighbourhood deprivation was defined using the 2004 English Indices of Multiple Deprivation. Odds ratios (ORs) for being overweight/obese

SUBMITTER: Noonan RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6971388 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature