A longitudinal analysis of the effect of maternal region-of-birth on transitions in children's bodyweight status from early childhood to late adolescence in Australia: A population-based cohort study
المؤلف | Hartono, Susan |
المؤلف | Cochrane, Tom |
المؤلف | Niyonsenga, Theo |
المؤلف | Kinfu, Yohannes |
تاريخ الإتاحة | 2023-08-28T09:09:49Z |
تاريخ النشر | 2021 |
اسم المنشور | Preventive Medicine |
المصدر | Scopus |
الرقم المعياري الدولي للكتاب | 917435 |
الملخص | Although 49% of Australian residents have at least one overseas-born parent, little is known about children's longitudinal bodyweight transitions among the migrant population. This study examines the net associations between maternal region-of-birth and children's longitudinal bodyweight transitions between underweight, normal, and overweight/obese status from ages 2 to 17 years. A sample of 8889 children was drawn from seven waves of a national population-based cohort study, the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, conducted between 2004 and 2016. A multistate approach was used to investigate (i) the net effect of mother's region-of-birth on children's bodyweight transitions, (ii) the net estimation of cumulative transition probabilities, and (ii) the net conditional bodyweight expectancy, controlling for child-, family-, and neighbourhood-factors associated with children's bodyweight. Our results showed children of Oceania and African mothers had unfavourable outcomes (i.e., lower remission from or higher incidence of underweight or overweight/obese status) than children of non-migrants. Toddlers with suboptimal bodyweight status (especially those from disadvantaged groups) had higher net cumulative probabilities of staying in that status as a 17-year-old adolescent unless they managed to transfer to normal weight in the primary school years. The 15-year bodyweight expectancy depended on the initial bodyweight status at age two years, with some children of migrant mothers affected longer by suboptimal bodyweight status. In Australia, region-of-birth related disparities in bodyweight started early and were of significant duration throughout development until late adolescence. Culturally tailored health programs should begin at least as early as two years of age. 2021 |
راعي المشروع | we used the anonymised data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, a project initiated and funded by the Australian Government, and conducted in partnership with the Department of Social Services, the Australian Institute of Families Studies, and the Australian Bureau of Statistics, with advice provided by a consortium of leading researchers. Benedict Sheehy, PhD (University of Canberra), contributed to the editing of the manuscript. We also thank the Health Research Institute staff (University of Canberra) for their valuable inputs during the study's initial conceptualisation. Lastly, we were grateful for the constructive comments and suggestions provided by the reviewers and editors of the Preventive Medicine. |
اللغة | en |
الناشر | Elsevier |
الموضوع | Australia Bodyweight transitions Children and adolescence Migrants Multistate Overweight and obesity Underweight |
النوع | Article |
رقم المجلد | 153 |
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