Socioeconomic inequalities in the food environment and body composition among school-aged children: a fixed-effects analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is limited evidence regarding socioeconomic inequalities of exposure to the food environment and its contribution to childhood obesity.

Methods

We used data from 4235 children from the Generation R Study, a large birth-cohort conducted in the city of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. We included 11,277 person-observations of body mass index (BMI) and 6240 person-observations of DXA-derived fat mass index (FMI) and fat-free mass index (FFMI) when children were between 4 and 14 years. We applied linear regression models to evaluate changes in the relative and absolute exposure of fast-food outlets, and the healthiness of the food environment within 400 m from home by maternal education. Furthermore, we used individual-level fixed-effects models to study changes in t

SUBMITTER: Molenberg FJM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8606311 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature