Longitudinal associations between poverty and obesity from birth through adolescence

H. Lee, M. Andrew, A. Gebremariam, J.C. Lumeng and J.M. Lee
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Hyungsuk Lee

American Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 104, issue 5, e70-e76

Abstract: Objectives. We examined the relationship between timing of poverty and risk of first-incidence obesity from ages 3 to 15.5 years. Methods. We used the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (1991-2007) to study 1150 children with repeated measures of income, weight, and height from birth to 15.5 years in 10 US cities. Our dependent variable was the first incidence of obesity (body mass index ‡ 95th percentile). We measured poverty (incometo- needs ratio

Keywords: adolescent; article; body mass; child; childhood obesity; female; human; longitudinal study; male; morphometrics; poverty; preschool child; risk factor; socioeconomics; statistics, Adolescent; Body Mass Index; Body Weights and Measures; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Pediatric Obesity; Poverty; Risk Factors; Socioeconomic Factors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301806

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