Overweight and Obesity in Finnish Children by Parents’ Socioeconomic Position—A Registry-Based Study
2023 (English)In: International Journal of Public Health, ISSN 1661-8556, E-ISSN 1661-8564, Vol. 68, article id 1605901Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Objectives: To examine associations between parents’ socioeconomic position (SEP) and child overweight and obesity, using registry data. Methods: Data (final n = 194,423) on children’s height, weight and parents’ SEP were drawn from the national Register of Primary Health Care Visits (Avohilmo) and Statistics Finland. Risk ratios for bernoulli-distributed overweight (RROW) and obesity (RROB) according to SEP were estimated using generalized linear models and using a log -link. Results: The risk for obesity was lower in boys from high-income families (RROB 0.76), for overweight and obesity was lower in boys (RROW 0.72, RROB 0.58) and girls (RROW 0.72, RROB 0.54) with highly educated fathers, in boys (RROW 0.79, RROB 0.58) and girls (RROW 0.78, RROB 0.56) with high-educated mothers and in boys (RROW 0.85, RROB 0.77) and girls (RROW 0.80, RROB 0.69) living in urban areas, as compared to low-income families, low-educated parents, and rural residence, respectively. Conclusion: The risk of overweight and obesity was increased in children with low SEP or rural residence. Administrative registers are a valid approach to monitor childhood obesity by parents’ SEP.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Frontiers Media SA , 2023. Vol. 68, article id 1605901
Keywords [en]
childhood obesity, health disparities, overweight and obesity, registry-based monitoring, socioeconomic position, Child, Female, Finland, Humans, Male, Overweight, Parents, Pediatric Obesity, Poverty, Registries, child parent relation, human, obesity, register
National Category
Health Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-64436DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2023.1605901ISI: 001065495900001PubMedID: 37719660Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85171262908OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mdh-64436DiVA, id: diva2:1803358
2023-10-092023-10-092023-10-11Bibliographically approved