Increases in childhood overweight and obesity have
become an important public health problem in industrialized
nations. Preventive public health action is required, but more
research of risk factors is required before evidence-based initiatives
can be developed and targeted effectively. We investigated
the association between childhood overweight and obesity
and risk factors relating to dietary habits, actitivities,
parents and schools.
Methods: In 2003 we surveyed grade 5 students and their parents
and school principals in Nova Scotia. We measured height
and weight and assessed dietary habits (using Harvard’s
Youth/Adolescent Food Frequency Questionnaire), physical
and sedentary activities, and parental and school-based risk
factors. We estimated neighbourhood income by averaging,
per school, the postal-code level means of household income
of residential addresses of children attending that school. We
used multilevel logistic regression to evaluate the significance
of these risk factors for overweight and obesity.
Increases in childhood overweight and obesity have
become an important public health problem in industrialized
nations. Preventive public health action is required, but more
research of risk factors is required before evidence-based initiatives
can be developed and targeted effectively. We investigated
the association between childhood overweight and obesity
and risk factors relating to dietary habits, actitivities,
parents and schools.
Methods: In 2003 we surveyed grade 5 students and their parents
and school principals in Nova Scotia. We measured height
and weight and assessed dietary habits (using Harvard’s
Youth/Adolescent Food Frequency Questionnaire), physical
and sedentary activities, and parental and school-based risk
factors. We estimated neighbourhood income by averaging,
per school, the postal-code level means of household income
of residential addresses of children attending that school. We
used multilevel logistic regression to evaluate the significance
of these risk factors for overweight and obesity.
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Increases in childhood overweight and obesity have
become an important public health problem in industrialized
nations. Preventive public health action is required, but more
research of risk factors is required before evidence-based initiatives
can be developed and targeted effectively. We investigated
the association between childhood overweight and obesity
and risk factors relating to dietary habits, actitivities,
parents and schools.
Methods: In 2003 we surveyed grade 5 students and their parents
and school principals in Nova Scotia. We measured height
and weight and assessed dietary habits (using Harvard’s
Youth/Adolescent Food Frequency Questionnaire), physical
and sedentary activities, and parental and school-based risk
factors. We estimated neighbourhood income by averaging,
per school, the postal-code level means of household income
of residential addresses of children attending that school. We
used multilevel logistic regression to evaluate the significance
of these risk factors for overweight and obesity.
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