Is obesity more likely among children sharing a household with an older child with obesity?

Autor: Nicola Firman, Marta Wilk, Milena Marszalek, Lucy Griffiths, Gill Harper, Carol Dezateux
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: International Journal of Population Data Science, Vol 8, Iss 2 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2399-4908
DOI: 10.23889/ijpds.v8i2.2203
Popis: Objectives We used a dynamic method of identifying household members from Electronic Health Records (EHRs) linked to National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) data to estimate the likelihood of children with obesity sharing a household with an older child with obesity, accounting for individual and household characteristics. Methods We included 126,829 NCMP participants in four London boroughs and assigned households from encrypted Unique Property reference Numbers (UPRNs) at NCMP date for 115,466 (91%). We categorised the ethnic-adjusted body mass index of the youngest and oldest household child (underweight/healthy weight
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