WHAT’S KNOWN ON THIS SUBJECT: Childhood obesity is a public
health concern. Although determinants of childhood overweight
have been identified and their effect sizes have been calculated,
prevention as well as treatment have had limited success.
WHAT THIS STUDY ADDS: We have calculated the populationbased
relevance of determinants of childhood overweight by
using attributable risks, which can be interpreted as maximum
success rates of preventive measures. New concepts were applied
to estimate the relative contribution of each risk factor