PLoS ONE
Volume 10, Issue 6, 2015

Differences in overweight and obesity among children from migrant and native origin: The role of physical activity, dietary intake, and sleep duration (Article) (Open Access)

Labree W. , Van De Mheen D. , Rutten F. , Rodenburg G. , Koopmans G. , Foets M.
  • a Institute of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands, P.O. Box 1738, Rotterdam, 3000 DR, Netherlands
  • b IVO Addiction Research Institute, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Department of Health Promotion, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands, Heemraadssingel 194, Rotterdam, 3021 DM, Netherlands, P.O. Box 2040, Rotterdam, 3000 CA, Netherlands, P.O. Box 616, Maastricht, 6200 MD, Netherlands
  • c Institute of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands, P.O. Box 1738, Rotterdam, 3000 DR, Netherlands
  • d IVO Addiction Research Institute, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Heemraadssingel 194, Rotterdam, 3021 DM, Netherlands, P.O. Box 2040, Rotterdam, 3000 CA, Netherlands
  • e Institute of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands, P.O. Box 1738, Rotterdam, 3000 DR, Netherlands
  • f Institute of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands, P.O. Box 1738, Rotterdam, 3000 DR, Netherlands

Abstract

A cross-sectional survey was performed to examine to what degree differences in overweight and obesity between native Dutch and migrant primary school children could be explained by differences in physical activity, dietary intake, and sleep duration among these children. Subjects (n=1943) were primary school children around the age of 8-9 years old and their primary caregivers: native Dutch children (n=1546), Turkish children (n=93), Moroccan children (n=66), other non-western children (n=105), and other western children (n=133). Multivariate regressions and logistic regressions were used to examine the relationship between migrant status, child's behavior, and BMI or prevalence of overweight, including obesity (logistic). Main explanatory variables were physical activity, dietary intake, and sleep duration. We controlled for age, sex, parental educational level, and parental BMI. Although sleep duration, dietary intake of fruit, and dietary intake of energy-dense snacks were associated with BMI, ethnic differences in sleep duration and dietary intake did not have a large impact on ethnic differences in overweight and obesity among children from migrant and native origin. It is suggested that future preventive strategies to reduce overweight and obesity, in general, consider the role of sleep duration. Also, cross-cultural variation in preparation of food among specific migrant groups, focusing on fat, sugar, and salt, deserves more attention. In order to examine which other variables may clarify ethnic differences in overweight and obesity, future research is needed. © 2015 Labree et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Index Keywords

education physical activity Netherlands Dutchman energy expenditure sleep physiology Caucasian indigenous people fruit vegetable caloric intake human Overweight controlled study obesity Logistic Models eating child behavior food frequency questionnaire Cross-Sectional Studies cross-sectional study migrant ethnic difference fast food Humans male preschool child female Multivariate Analysis cultural factor prevalence Article sleep time European Continental Ancestry Group fat intake Sedentary Lifestyle Motor Activity statistical model food intake body mass Moroccan Body Mass Index childhood obesity salt intake dietary intake Turkish citizen caregiver sugar intake Child
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84934920072&doi=10.1371%2fjournal.pone.0123672&partnerID=40&md5=edd86c040d41e1a5133948491fdb6593
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123672
ISSN: 19326203
Cited by: 9
Original Language: English