Association between parental socioeconomic status with underweight and obesity in children from two Spanish birth cohorts : a changing relationship

BACKGROUND: Our objective was twofold: to estimate the prevalence of underweight, overweight, and obesity in two birth cohorts (1999-2000 and 2007-2008) from Castilla-La Mancha, Spain; and to examine the association between parental socioeconomic status (SES) and weight status in these two cohorts.

METHODS: Cross-sectional analysis of baseline measurements was utilised in two cluster randomised trials. Using population-based samples of children from Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, 1158 children with a mean age of 9.5 years, born in the years 1999-2000 and 1588 children with a mean age of 5.3 years born in the years 2007-2008 participated. Children were classified according to the body mass index cut-offs proposed by the International Obesity Task Force criteria. An index of SES was calculated using questions regarding parental education and occupation levels.

RESULTS: Prevalence of underweight was higher in the 2007-2008 birth cohort (20.5%, 95 % CI: 18.5, 22.5) than in the 1999-2000 birth cohort (8.1%, 95% CI: 6.5, 9.7), and the overweight/obesity prevalence was 20.4% (95% CI: 18.4, 22.5) and 35.5% (95% CI: 32.7, 38.3) respectively. In the lower SES stratum, in the 2007-2008 birth cohort, the prevalence of underweight and overweight/obesity was 36.7% (95% CI: 22.2, 51.2) and 16.3% (95% CI: 4.9, 27.7) respectively, and 22.2% (95% CI: 2.8, 60.0) and 55.5% (95% CI: 21.2, 86.3) in the 1999-2000 cohort. The ratio between underweight:overweight/obesity showed higher values for all SES categories in 2007-2008 cohort, but particularly in the lower SES group (0.4 in the 1999-2000 cohort and 2.2 in the 2007-2008 cohort).

CONCLUSION: Underweight prevalence was lower in the cohort of children born in 1999-2000, and the prevalence of overweight and obesity was lower in the cohort of children born in 2007-2008. Furthermore, while in the 1999-2000 children's cohort underweight was more frequent amongst children from high SES families and overweight/obesity was more frequent in children from low SES families, in the 2008-2009 children's cohort the opposite was true.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

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BMC public health - 15(2015) vom: 22. Dez., Seite 1276

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Martínez-Vizcaíno, Vicente [VerfasserIn]
Solera-Martínez, Montserrat [VerfasserIn]
Cavero-Redondo, Iván [VerfasserIn]
García-Prieto, Jorge Cañete [VerfasserIn]
Arias-Palencia, Natalia [VerfasserIn]
Notario-Pacheco, Blanca [VerfasserIn]
Martínez-Andrés, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Mota, Jorge [VerfasserIn]
Sánchez-López, Mairena [VerfasserIn]
Cuenca Study Group [VerfasserIn]
Aguilar, Fernando Salcedo [Sonstige Person]
Bueno, Celia Álvarez [Sonstige Person]
Carrascosa, Diana P Pozuelo [Sonstige Person]
Pardo-Guijarro, María Jesús [Sonstige Person]
de la Cruz, Lydia Lucas [Sonstige Person]
Torrijos Niño, Coral Estefanía [Sonstige Person]
García, Alberto González [Sonstige Person]
Morales, Pablo Franquelo [Sonstige Person]
Gómez, José Luis Santos [Sonstige Person]
Herraiz, Marta Guijarro [Sonstige Person]
Suarez, Sergio Jiménez [Sonstige Person]
Martínez, Julián Gil [Sonstige Person]
Álvarez, Javier Álvarez [Sonstige Person]
Cejalvo, Carlos Javier Piera [Sonstige Person]
Serrano, Patricia Picazo [Sonstige Person]
Olivas, Ricardo Martínez [Sonstige Person]
Madrid, Pablo Diego [Sonstige Person]
Rey, Jennifer Rosa Martínez [Sonstige Person]
Cañas, Inmaculada Navalón [Sonstige Person]
Arribas, Sara Albadalejo [Sonstige Person]
da Silva, Pedro Miguel Ribeiro [Sonstige Person]
Sánchez, Francisco J García [Sonstige Person]
Jiménez, Inmaculada Díaz [Sonstige Person]
del Campo, David Gutiérrez Díaz [Sonstige Person]
Gómez, Roberto Gulias [Sonstige Person]
Fernández, Ana Díez [Sonstige Person]
López, Maria José González [Sonstige Person]
de Mora, Verónica Artalejo [Sonstige Person]
Cantarero, Alberto Bermejo [Sonstige Person]
Merino, Irene Rivero [Sonstige Person]
Pinilla, Julia Muñoz [Sonstige Person]
Boabén, Marta Terán [Sonstige Person]
Ruiz, Santiago Amador [Sonstige Person]
Gavidia, Antonio Sánchez [Sonstige Person]
Urbina, Alberto José Cerrillo [Sonstige Person]
Escobar, Paloma Moreno [Sonstige Person]
Abellán, Minerva Velasco [Sonstige Person]
Espinosa, Noelia María Martín [Sonstige Person]
Gómez, Maria Ángeles Suarez [Sonstige Person]
Fernández-Infante, Abel Ruiz de la Hermosa [Sonstige Person]

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Date Completed 17.06.2016

Date Revised 18.03.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12889-015-2569-5

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NLM255821689