Severe housing-cost burden and obesity among preschool-aged low-income children in Los Angeles County
| Autor: | May C. Wang, Michael L. Prelip, Evelyn Blumenberg, Tabashir Z. Nobari, Shannon E. Whaley |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Mediation (statistics)
LAC Los Angeles County lcsh:Medicine 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Health Informatics Logistic regression Childhood obesity 03 medical and health sciences Screen time 0302 clinical medicine Environmental health SHCB severe housing-cost burden medicine WIC the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infants and Children 030212 general & internal medicine Early childhood Poverty 2. Zero hunger business.industry lcsh:R 1. No poverty Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Regular Article Pediatric obesity medicine.disease WIC Obesity 3. Good health Housing business Psychosocial Body mass index |
| Zdroj: | Preventive Medicine Reports Preventive Medicine Reports, Vol 13, Iss, Pp 139-145 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 2211-3355 |
| Popis: | Despite high rates of housing-cost burden in the United States, little is known regarding its impact on childhood obesity. In this article, we determine whether low-income 2–5-year-olds living in housing-cost burdened households are more likely to be obese and examine the potential moderators and behavioral and psychosocial mediators of this relationship. We used data from a triennial survey (2011, 2014) of a random sample of Los Angeles County participants of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (n = 2307). Logistic regression was used to examine the association between child's obesity status (Body Mass Index for age and sex ≥ 95th percentile) and severe housing-cost burden (finding it very difficult to pay for housing). Mother's depressive symptoms and child's diet and screen time were tested for mediation. We found that 16% of children lived in severe housing-cost burdened households. Severe housing-cost burden was associated with an increase in the odds of childhood obesity [aOR (95%CI) = 1.33 (1.00, 1.78)] and household size moderated this relationship. Child's diet and screen time and mother's depressive symptoms were not mediators. Given the high and vacillating rates of early childhood obesity and the increasing burden of housing costs in low-income populations, there is an urgency to better understand the role of housing-cost burden in epidemiologic investigations of early childhood obesity. Highlights • Children in severe housing-cost burdened households had more chronic stressors. • Severe housing-cost burden was associated with greater odds of childhood obesity. • Child's behavior and mother's mental well-being were not mediators of the relationship. |
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