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An increasing socioeconomic gap in childhood overweight and obesity in China.

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He, W; James, SA; Merli, MG; Zheng, H
Published in: Am J Public Health
January 2014

We used a new conceptual framework that integrates tenets from health economics, social epidemiology, and health behavior to analyze the impact of socioeconomic forces on the temporal changes in the socioeconomic status (SES) gap in childhood overweight and obesity in China. In data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey for 1991 to 2006, we found increased prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity across all SES groups, but a greater increase among higher-SES children, especially after 1997, when income inequality dramatically increased. Our findings suggest that for China, the increasing SES gap in purchasing power for obesogenic goods, associated with rising income inequality, played a prominent role in the country's increasing SES gap in childhood obesity and overweight.

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Am J Public Health

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EISSN

1541-0048

Publication Date

January 2014

Volume

104

Issue

1

Start / End Page

e14 / e22

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Social Class
  • Risk Factors
  • Public Health
  • Prevalence
  • Overweight
  • Obesity
  • Male
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Infant
 

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He, W., James, S. A., Merli, M. G., & Zheng, H. (2014). An increasing socioeconomic gap in childhood overweight and obesity in China. Am J Public Health, 104(1), e14–e22. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2013.301669
He, Wei, Sherman A. James, M Giovanna Merli, and Hui Zheng. “An increasing socioeconomic gap in childhood overweight and obesity in China.Am J Public Health 104, no. 1 (January 2014): e14–22. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2013.301669.
He W, James SA, Merli MG, Zheng H. An increasing socioeconomic gap in childhood overweight and obesity in China. Am J Public Health. 2014 Jan;104(1):e14–22.
He, Wei, et al. “An increasing socioeconomic gap in childhood overweight and obesity in China.Am J Public Health, vol. 104, no. 1, Jan. 2014, pp. e14–22. Pubmed, doi:10.2105/AJPH.2013.301669.
He W, James SA, Merli MG, Zheng H. An increasing socioeconomic gap in childhood overweight and obesity in China. Am J Public Health. 2014 Jan;104(1):e14–e22.

Published In

Am J Public Health

DOI

EISSN

1541-0048

Publication Date

January 2014

Volume

104

Issue

1

Start / End Page

e14 / e22

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Social Class
  • Risk Factors
  • Public Health
  • Prevalence
  • Overweight
  • Obesity
  • Male
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Infant