PMID: 9539196Apr 16, 1998Paper

The influence of socioeconomic status on the incidence and evolution of obesity during early adolescence

International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders : Journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity
M De SpiegelaereP Hennart

Abstract

To analyze the influence of socioeconomic status on the prevalence, evolution and incidence of obesity between the ages of 12 y and 15 y in Belgium. Retrospective cohort study. 2607 children from five social groups. The body mass index (BMI) measured during two school medical examinations carried out at an interval of two years between the ages of 12 y and 15 y. Between the ages of 12 y and 15 y the inverse relation between social status and the prevalence of obesity is accentuated in girls. The increasing divergence between social groups was a result both of the greater incidence of new cases of obesity and the reduced improvement rate in obesity already present in adolescents of lower social classes. Social inequalities in obesity increase during early adolescence. Preventive measures, targeting children of low socioeconomic status, should be put in place at this stage of life.

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