Why are poorer children at higher risk of obesity and overweight? A UK cohort study

Background: There is limited evidence on which risk factors attenuate income inequalities in child overweight and obesity; whether and why these inequalities widen as children age. Method: Eleven thousand nine hundred and sixty five singletons had complete data at age 5 and 9384 at age 11 from the M...

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Main Authors: Goisis, Alice, Sacker, Amanda, Kelly, Yvonne
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4735508/