Association of socioeconomic position and childhood obesity in Finland: a registry-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify what dimensions of socioeconomic position (SEP) are most closely associated with childhood obesity in Finland, leveraging population-wide data among the whole child population aged 2-17 years in Finland.

Design

Registry-based study.

Setting

Data from several administrative registries linked on individual level covering the whole of Finland were used. Data on height and weight measurements in 2018 were obtained from the Register of Primary Health Care visits and data on sociodemographic and socioeconomic indicators (2014-2018) from Statistics Finland.

Participants

Children aged 2-17 years with valid height and weight measurements performed at the child health clinic or school healthcare in 2018 (final n=194 423).

Main outcome measures

SUBMITTER: Paalanen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9806090 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature