Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz
Volume 53, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 707-715

Social inequality, migration, and healthy environments as determinants of overweight of children and adolescents. Results of the Kiel Obesity Prevention Study (KOPS) [Soziale Ungleichheit, Migrationshintergrund, Lebenswelten und Übergewicht bei Kindern und Jugendlichen: Ergebnisse der Kieler Adipositas-Präventionsstudie (KOPS)] (Article)

Lange D. , Plachta-Danielzik S. , Landsberg B. , Müller M.J.
  • a Institut für Humanernährung und Lebensmittelkunde, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Düsternbrooker Weg 17, 24105 Kiel, Germany
  • b Institut für Humanernährung und Lebensmittelkunde, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Düsternbrooker Weg 17, 24105 Kiel, Germany
  • c Institut für Humanernährung und Lebensmittelkunde, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Düsternbrooker Weg 17, 24105 Kiel, Germany
  • d Institut für Humanernährung und Lebensmittelkunde, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Düsternbrooker Weg 17, 24105 Kiel, Germany

Abstract

This study aimed at studying the relationships between different social determinants, overweight, migration background, lifestyle factors, and neighborhood characteristics in children and adolescents aged 6-14 years. Data were collected within the Kiel Obesity Prevention Study (KOPS). The lower the social status, the higher the prevalence of overweight (e.g., parental education low/middle/high,%: 18.4/13.6/7.9). Non-German children are twice as often overweight as German children (20.2% versus 11.7%) with a social gradient in overweight (%: 26.0/28.2/17.2). There are social differences in health-related behavior between the social groups and also between German and non-German children of the same social group. The social gradient in overweight is, in part, independent of lifestyle factors. Neighborhood characteristics like high food supply and traffic density add to the development of overweight. To summarize, overweight is a social issue; direct prevention has to address the social determinants of health as well as families with migration background. In addition, the development of "healthy" neighborhoods may support the prevention of overweight. © Springer-Verlag 2010.

Author Keywords

Neighborhood characteristics Kiel Obesity Prevention Study (KOPS) Social disparities Children Migration background Adolescents overweight

Index Keywords

Germany educational status lifestyle Life Style demography risk human Health Behavior Odds Ratio Overweight statistics obesity ethnology Residence Characteristics Humans Adolescent male Emigrants and Immigrants female Socioeconomic Factors risk factor Risk Factors socioeconomics Article Social Environment migration Child
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-78149241847&doi=10.1007%2fs00103-010-1081-4&partnerID=40&md5=43ddf7c45d45f09b1c95f8ef08c667ed
DOI: 10.1007/s00103-010-1081-4
ISSN: 14369990
Cited by: 20
Original Language: German