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 120,140 observations. Children's BMI trajectories were...
Background: Overweight and obesity in childhood are socially patterned, with higher prevalence in mo...
Socio-economic differences in BMI/overweight can already be observed from early childhood. There are...
International audienceThis paper explores the relationship between parental education and offspring ...
BACKGROUND: Social inequalities in the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity are well‐estab...
BACKGROUND: Social inequalities in the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity are well-estab...
BACKGROUND:Comparable evidence on adiposity inequalities in early life is lacking across a range of ...
Introduction: Considerable inequalities in overweight and obesity are evident among European childre...
Background/objectives: This study analysed the relationship between early childhood socioeconomic st...
This study analysed the relationship between early childhood socioeconomic status (SES) measured by ...
This paper analyses the socioeconomic gradient of chilidhood obesity in Ireland using the Growing Up...
Background: Pathways leading to socioeconomic inequalities in young children's body mass index (BMI)...
BACKGROUND: Height is regarded as a marker of early-life illness, adversity, nutrition and psychos...
Background/objectives This study analysed the relationship between early childhood socioeconomic sta...
There is growing evidence of social disparities in overweight among European children. This paper ex...
Background: Studies in many middle and high-income countries describe an increasing prevalence of ad...
Background: Overweight and obesity in childhood are socially patterned, with higher prevalence in mo...
Socio-economic differences in BMI/overweight can already be observed from early childhood. There are...
International audienceThis paper explores the relationship between parental education and offspring ...
BACKGROUND: Social inequalities in the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity are well‐estab...
BACKGROUND: Social inequalities in the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity are well-estab...
BACKGROUND:Comparable evidence on adiposity inequalities in early life is lacking across a range of ...
Introduction: Considerable inequalities in overweight and obesity are evident among European childre...
Background/objectives: This study analysed the relationship between early childhood socioeconomic st...
This study analysed the relationship between early childhood socioeconomic status (SES) measured by ...
This paper analyses the socioeconomic gradient of chilidhood obesity in Ireland using the Growing Up...
Background: Pathways leading to socioeconomic inequalities in young children's body mass index (BMI)...
BACKGROUND: Height is regarded as a marker of early-life illness, adversity, nutrition and psychos...
Background/objectives This study analysed the relationship between early childhood socioeconomic sta...
There is growing evidence of social disparities in overweight among European children. This paper ex...
Background: Studies in many middle and high-income countries describe an increasing prevalence of ad...
Background: Overweight and obesity in childhood are socially patterned, with higher prevalence in mo...
Socio-economic differences in BMI/overweight can already be observed from early childhood. There are...
International audienceThis paper explores the relationship between parental education and offspring ...