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Longitudinal associations between poverty and obesity from birth through adolescence

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  • Lee, H.
  • Andrew, M.
  • Gebremariam, A.
  • Lumeng, J.C.
  • Lee, J.M.

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Objectives. We examined the relationship between timing of poverty and risk of first-incidence obesity from ages 3 to 15.5 years. Methods. We used the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (1991-2007) to study 1150 children with repeated measures of income, weight, and height from birth to 15.5 years in 10 US cities. Our dependent variable was the first incidence of obesity (body mass index ‡ 95th percentile). We measured poverty (incometo- needs ratio

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  • Lee, H. & Andrew, M. & Gebremariam, A. & Lumeng, J.C. & Lee, J.M., 2014. "Longitudinal associations between poverty and obesity from birth through adolescence," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 104(5), pages 70-76.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2013.301806_0
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301806
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    1. Rigaud Joseph, 2017. "The War on Poverty Then and Now: A Plan Toward Ultimate Victory," Poverty & Public Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 9(2), pages 209-223, June.
    2. Kim, Jinho & Song, Kyungeun & Sutin, Angelina R., 2021. "Gender differences in the relationship between perceived discrimination and personality traits in young adulthood: Evidence using sibling fixed effects," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 286(C).
    3. Wan-Lin Chiang & Tung-liang Chiang, 2019. "Early Poverty and Children’s General Health at 8 Years of Age in the Taiwan Birth Cohort Study," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 12(6), pages 2067-2077, December.
    4. East, Patricia & Doom, Jenalee & Delker, Erin & Blanco, Estela & Burrows, Raquel & Correa-Burrows, Paulina & Lozoff, Betsy & Gahagan, Sheila, 2020. "Childhood socioeconomic hardship, family conflict, and young adult hypertension: The Santiago Longitudinal Study," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 253(C).

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