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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
5
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pubmed:dateCreated |
2011-4-18
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pubmed:abstractText |
To present the prevalence and urban-rural differences of overweight and obesity in 7-9-year-old Swedish schoolchildren, we used anthropometric data from a nationally representative survey performed in 2008. Trained staff weighed and measured 4538 children in grades 1 and 2 in 94 primary schools. Weight classification was performed using the IOTF reference and school areas were classified based on level of urbanization and area-level education. Overweight was found in 17% of the children including 3% obese. For overweight, odds-ratios were 1.33 and 1.61 (significant) in semi-urban and rural areas, relative to urban areas. After adjusting for area-level education, differences by degree of urbanisation were greatly attenuated and non-significant. For obesity urban-rural differences were observed in boys only and remained after adjustment for area-level education. For area-level education, risk estimates were significantly elevated and unaffected by urbanization and gender, odds-ratios 1.75 and 2.21 for overweight and 2.62 and 3.69 for obesity, in medium- and low-education areas compared to high-education areas. This supports earlier reports identifying areas with low socioeconomic status as high-risk areas for overweight and obesity. However, this study also suggests that gender should be considered when targeting children in urban as well as rural communities for health promoting interventions.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
May
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pubmed:issn |
1467-789X
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:copyrightInfo |
© 2011 The Authors. obesity reviews © 2011 International Association for the Study of Obesity.
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pubmed:issnType |
Electronic
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pubmed:volume |
12
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
305-14
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:21348925-Body Mass Index,
pubmed-meshheading:21348925-Child,
pubmed-meshheading:21348925-Educational Status,
pubmed-meshheading:21348925-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:21348925-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:21348925-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:21348925-Obesity,
pubmed-meshheading:21348925-Odds Ratio,
pubmed-meshheading:21348925-Overweight,
pubmed-meshheading:21348925-Prevalence,
pubmed-meshheading:21348925-Rural Population,
pubmed-meshheading:21348925-Sweden,
pubmed-meshheading:21348925-Urban Population
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pubmed:year |
2011
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Overweight and obesity in a representative sample of schoolchildren - exploring the urban-rural gradient in Sweden.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Public Health Epidemiology Unit, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. agneta.sjoberg@gu.se
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Comparative Study,
Review,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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