- Title
- Prevalence and socio-demographic associations of overweight and obesity among children attending child-care services in rural and regional Australia
- Creator
- Wolfenden, Luke; Hardy, Louise L.; Wiggers, John; Milat, Andrew J.; Bell, Colin; Sutherland, Rachel
- Relation
- Nutrition & Dietetics Vol. 68, Issue 1, p. 15-20
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-0080.2010.01487.x
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2011
- Description
- Aim: To describe the prevalence and socio-demographic characteristics associated with body mass index among children attending child-care services in New South Wales, Australia. Methods: Cross-sectional study of parent-reported socio-demographic characteristics and objectively measured height and weight among children aged two to five years attending 40 randomly selected long day care centres and preschools. Results: Seven hundred and sixty-four children, 11% of whom were Indigenous, participated in the study (response rate = 66%). Overall, 16.7% of children and 24.6% of Indigenous children were overweight or obese. Overweight and obesity was higher among children whose mothers did not have a university education (OR 1.91: 95% CI 1.15, 3.12) and who were Indigenous (OR 1.74: 95% CI 1.05, 2.90). No differences in prevalence were found between geographic areas. Multivariate analysis indicated that after adjusting for age, child-care service hours and other demographic covariates, only maternal education remained a significant predictor of weight status (OR 2.06: 95% CI 1.16, 3.66). Conclusion: The high prevalence of overweight and obesity among children attending child-care services underscores the importance of obesity prevention interventions in early child-care settings, and particularly those catering for Indigenous children.
- Subject
- child; child-care preschool; Indigenous; obesity; rural; socioeconomic
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1066397
- Identifier
- uon:18111
- Identifier
- ISSN:1446-6368
- Rights
- This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: WOLFENDEN, L., HARDY, L. L., WIGGERS, J., MILAT, A. J., BELL, C. and SUTHERLAND, R. (2011), Prevalence and socio-demographic associations of overweight and obesity among children attending child-care services in rural and regional Australia. Nutrition & Dietetics, 68: 15–20, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-0080.2010.01487.x This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
- Language
- eng
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