Autor: |
Weina Liu, Mike Z. He, Peter Dambach, Rainer Schwertz, Simiao Chen, Fengyun Yu, Michael Marx |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2022 |
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Zdroj: |
BMC Public Health, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2022) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
1471-2458 |
DOI: |
10.1186/s12889-022-13302-w |
Popis: |
Abstract Background Early childhood overweight and obesity is a growing public health concern worldwide. Few recent studies have addressed how time trends varied by sociodemographic characteristics at the regional level using large and high-quality data. This study determines how time trends vary in the prevalence of early childhood overweight and obesity by age, gender, and migration background at the regional level. Methods We used a Kernel-density curve to describe the BMI distribution, and evaluated the trends of overweight and obesity by age, gender, and migration background using logistic regression. Results Mean BMI and the overall prevalence of overweight and obesity increased among preschool children aged 4–6 years in the Rhine-Neckar County and the City of Heidelberg. After adjusting for age, sex, and migration background, trends of overweight significantly increased only among male children in the age 5 year group with migration background (P |
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