Reversal of the Upward Trend of Obesity in Boys, but Not in Girls, in Spain

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorAlbaladejo Vicente, Romana
dc.contributor.authorVillanueva Orbaiz, Rosa
dc.contributor.authorCarabantes Alarcón, David
dc.contributor.authorSantos Sancho, Juana María
dc.contributor.authorJiménez García, Rodrigo
dc.contributor.authorRegidor Poyatos, Enrique
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-17T08:23:25Z
dc.date.available2023-06-17T08:23:25Z
dc.date.issued2021-02-11
dc.description.abstractBackground: To compare the prevalence of overweight and obesity in boys and girls and to estimate socioeconomic differences associated with obesity in Spain in 1997, 2007, and 2017. (2) Methods: Data were drawn from national health interview surveys. For each year of study, the prevalence of overweight and obesity was measured, and these results were compared by gender (boy/girl) and socioeconomic status (low/high education). (3) Results: The prevalence of overweight and obesity rose from 1997 to 2007 but then fell in 2017 in all subgroups except in girls aged 10 to 15 years. In this group, there was a steady increase in the prevalence of both overweight (1997, 14.6%; 2007, 17.7%; 2017, 19.6%) and obesity (1.1, 3.2, and 3.7%, respectively). The decrease in prevalence of overweight in both sexes and of obesity in boys, along with the increase in prevalence of obesity in girls, was of a higher magnitude in children whose parents had a lower educational level. (4) Conclusions: The apparent turnaround in the obesity epidemic in Spain should be interpreted with caution. Children’s body weight is influenced by both gender and socioeconomic status—considerations that should be kept in mind when designing health promotion interventions
dc.description.departmentDepto. de Salud Pública y Materno - Infantil
dc.description.facultyFac. de Medicina
dc.description.refereedTRUE
dc.description.statuspub
dc.eprint.idhttps://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/71158
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ijerph18041842
dc.identifier.issn1660-4601
dc.identifier.officialurlhttps://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041842
dc.identifier.relatedurlhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/4/1842/htm
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/6921
dc.issue.number4
dc.journal.titleInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
dc.language.isoeng
dc.page.initial1842
dc.publisherMPDI
dc.rightsAtribución 3.0 España
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
dc.subject.keywordprevention
dc.subject.keyworddiabetes
dc.subject.keywordoverweight
dc.subject.keywordobesity
dc.subject.keywordchildren
dc.subject.keywordprevalence
dc.subject.keywordsurveys
dc.subject.ucmDietética y nutrición (Medicina)
dc.subject.ucmEndocrinología
dc.subject.ucmNutrición
dc.subject.unesco3206 Ciencias de la Nutrición
dc.subject.unesco3205.02 Endocrinología
dc.subject.unesco3206 Ciencias de la Nutrición
dc.titleReversal of the Upward Trend of Obesity in Boys, but Not in Girls, in Spain
dc.typejournal article
dc.volume.number18
dspace.entity.typePublication
relation.isAuthorOfPublication2e5d90fc-a334-4d60-8fcd-91c74704aced
relation.isAuthorOfPublication0de35c8b-4b4c-4920-9225-94e4cf4dfb1f
relation.isAuthorOfPublication823ecfd9-6474-48a1-974a-ba6d8a6fbc19
relation.isAuthorOfPublication5db1f21a-0369-4191-96f5-b640ed0f3dde
relation.isAuthorOfPublication7632abb9-87db-4675-b7bc-20ca7fdeff10
relation.isAuthorOfPublication.latestForDiscovery2e5d90fc-a334-4d60-8fcd-91c74704aced
Download
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
ijerph-18-01842-v2.pdf
Size:
896 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
downoload Download
Collections
Artículos