Journal article
Maternal educational inequalities in measured body mass index trajectories in three European countries
C McCrory, S Leahy, AI Ribeiro, S Fraga, H Barros, M Avendano, P Vineis, R Layte, H Alenius, L Baglietto, M Bartley, M Bellone, E Berger, M Bochud, G Candiani, C Carmeli, L Carra, R Castagne, M Chadeau-Hyam, S Cima Show all
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology | WILEY | Published : 2019
DOI: 10.1111/ppe.12552
Abstract
Background: Social inequalities in the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity are well-established, but less is known about when the social gradient first emerges and how it evolves across childhood and adolescence. Objective: This study examines maternal education differentials in children's body mass trajectories in infancy, childhood and adolescence using data from four contemporary European child cohorts. Methods: Prospective data on children's body mass index (BMI) were obtained from four cohort studies—Generation XXI (G21—Portugal), Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) infant and child cohorts, and the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS—UK)—involving a total sample of 41,399 children and 120,..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Cathal McCrory is supported by the Health Research Board (HRB) of Ireland under an Emerging Investigator Award (EIA-2017-012). This work was also supported by the Lifepath grant to Paolo Vineis at Imperial College London (European Commission H2020, Grant number: 633666).