Journal article
Morbidity patterns among the underweight, overweight and obese between 2 and 18 years: Population-based cross-sectional analyses
M Wake, SA Clifford, GC Patton, E Waters, J Williams, L Canterford, JB Carlin
International Journal of Obesity | NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2013
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2012.86
Abstract
Context:No study has documented how symptomatic morbidity varies across the body mass index (BMI) spectrum (underweight, normal weight, overweight and obese) or across the entire child and adolescent age range.Objective:To (1) quantify physical and psychosocial morbidities experienced by 2-18-year-olds according to BMI status and (2) explore morbidity patterns by age.Design, setting and participants:Cross-sectional data from two Australian population studies (the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children and the Health of Young Victorians Study) were collected during 2000-2006. Participants were grouped into five age bands: 2-3 (n=4606), 4-5 (n=4983), 6-7 (n=4464), 8-12 (n=1541) and 13-18 (n..
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Awarded by Financial Markets Foundation for Children
Funding Acknowledgements
We thank all the parents and children who took part in LSAC and HOYVS, and the major contributions of all field workers in both studies. This paper uses unit record data from Growing Up in Australia, the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. The study is conducted in partnership between the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA), the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The third wave of the Health of Young Victorians Study (HOYVS) was funded by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Project Grant 334303, and the second wave by grants-in-aid from the National Heart Foundation, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and the Financial Markets Foundation for Children. MW is supported by the NHMRC Career Development Award 546405, GP by the NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellowship 454360 and EW by the Jack Brockoff Foundation and NHMRC Child and Adolescent Obesity Prevention Capacity Building Grant. MCRI research is supported by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program.