Trends in overweight, obesity, and waist-to-height ratio among Australian children from linguistically diverse backgrounds, 1997 to 2015.
Int J Obes (Lond)
; 43(1): 116-124, 2019 01.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29980760
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To report the cross-sectional prevalence and 18-year trends in overweight, obesity and abdominal obesity among Australian children from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds. SUBJECTS/METHODS:
Four cross-sectional population health surveys conducted among children (age 4-16 years; n=26, 449) in 1997-2004-2010-2015 in New South Wales, (NSW) Australia. Adiposity outcomes were measured by trained field staff using standard procedures. Binomial regression models with a robust error variance were used to estimate prevalence ratio (PR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for overweight and obesity, obesity, and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) ≥ 0.5 for children from Asian, European, and Middle Eastern language backgrounds compared with children from English-speaking backgrounds, adjusted for sociodemographic characteristics.RESULTS:
Over time, children from Middle Eastern language backgrounds were consistently more likely to be overweight-obese (PR 1.29-1.42), obese (PR 1.49-1.65), and have WHtR ≥ 0.5 (PR 1.42-1.90), compared with children from English-speaking backgrounds. Children from European language backgrounds generally had higher prevalence and children from Asian language backgrounds had lower prevalence, compared with children from English-speaking backgrounds. Between 1997 and 2015, there were significant trends in the prevalence of overweight and obesity combined among children from English-speaking (PR 1.06, 95%CI 1.02, 1.09), Middle Eastern (PR 1.14, 95%CI 1.05, 1.24), and Asian language backgrounds (PR 1.14, 95%CI 1.05, 1.24). The prevalence of WHtr ≥ 0.5 increased among children from English-speaking (PR 1.21, 95%CI 1.13, 1.31) and Middle Eastern (PR 1.35, 95%CI 1.16, 1.56) language backgrounds.CONCLUSIONS:
Overall, the prevalence of overweight and obesity and abdominal obesity is high among NSW children from CALD backgrounds and has increased over time. This suggests that there is a greater scope in understanding, developing, and implementing interventions across the early life-course of children from CALD backgrounds.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Etnicidade
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Diversidade Cultural
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Sobrepeso
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Emigrantes e Imigrantes
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Obesidade Abdominal
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Razão Cintura-Estatura
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Oceania
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int J Obes (Lond)
Assunto da revista:
METABOLISMO
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Austrália