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Relationship between childhood obesity and socio-economic status among primary school children in Costa Rica.
Gamboa-Gamboa, Tatiana; Fantin, Romain; Cordoba, Jeancarlo; Caravaca, Ivannia; Gómez-Duarte, Ingrid.
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  • Gamboa-Gamboa T; Universidad de Costa Rica, Escuela de Salud Pública, San Pedro11801, San Jose, Costa Rica.
  • Fantin R; Universidad de Costa Rica, Escuela de Salud Pública, San Pedro11801, San Jose, Costa Rica.
  • Cordoba J; Centro Centroamericano de Población, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica.
  • Caravaca I; Escuela de Medicina, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica.
  • Gómez-Duarte I; Universidad de Costa Rica, Escuela de Salud Pública, San Pedro11801, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Public Health Nutr ; 24(12): 3825-3833, 2021 08.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33975662
OBJECTIVE: This article analyses the relationship between socio-economic status and the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the primary school population in Costa Rica. DESIGN: A National School Weight/Height Census was disseminated across Costa Rica in 2016. The percentage of children who were overweight or obese was calculated by sex, age and socio-economic indicators (type of institution: private, public, mix; type of geographic location: rural, urban and the level of development of the district of residence: quartiles). A mixed-effects multinomial logistic regression model and mixed-effects logistic regression model were used to analyse the association between the prevalence of being overweight or obese and district socio-economic status. SETTING: The survey was carried out in public and private primary schools across Costa Rica in 2016. PARTICIPANTS: In total, 347 366 students from 6 to 12 years were enrolled in public and private primary schools. RESULTS: The prevalence of overweight and obesity among children was 34·0 %. Children in private schools were more likely to be overweight or obese than students in public schools (OR = 1·10 [1·07, 1·13]). Additionally, children were less likely to be overweight or obese if attending a school in a district of the lowest socio-economic quartile compared with the highest socio-economic quartile (OR = 0·79 [0·75, 0·83]) and in a rural area compared with the urban area (OR = 0·92 [0·87, 0·97]). CONCLUSIONS: Childhood obesity in Costa Rica continues to be a public health problem. Prevalence of overweight and obesity in children was associated with indicators of higher socio-economic status.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Obesidade Infantil Tipo de estudo: Health_economic_evaluation / Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Aspecto: Determinantes_sociais_saude Limite: Child / Humans País/Região como assunto: America central / Costa rica Idioma: En Revista: Public Health Nutr Assunto da revista: CIENCIAS DA NUTRICAO / SAUDE PUBLICA Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Costa Rica País de publicação: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Obesidade Infantil Tipo de estudo: Health_economic_evaluation / Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Aspecto: Determinantes_sociais_saude Limite: Child / Humans País/Região como assunto: America central / Costa rica Idioma: En Revista: Public Health Nutr Assunto da revista: CIENCIAS DA NUTRICAO / SAUDE PUBLICA Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Costa Rica País de publicação: Reino Unido