Racial/ethnic disparities in childhood obesity: The role of school segregation.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Recent studies have observed that racial or ethnic adult health disparities revealed in national data dissipate in racially integrated communities, supporting the theory that "place, not race" shapes the nature and magnitude of racial/ethnic health disparities. This study tested this theory among children.

Methods

In 2020, the racial/ethnic childhood obesity disparities within integrated schools and between segregated schools were estimated using statewide cross-sectional data collected in 2019 on fifth, seventh, and ninth grade students from California public schools.

Results

School segregation accounted for a large part of the obesity disparities between White children and children of color (Latino, Black, and Filipino children). In racially integrated sch

SUBMITTER: Mahmood N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9097556 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature