Spatial differences in childhood and adolescent obesity according to sex and migrant status in Vienna, Austria

Abstract: Background The marked spatial differences in the prevalence of childhood overweight/obesity rates within cities are mainly due to environmental characteristics of individual intracity areas. This is the first analysis of spatial differences in the prevalence of overweight/obesity among children in the Austrian capital Vienna. Subjects and methods In the medical-record-based study, the weight status of 1611 Viennese school children of lower socioeconomic backgrounds at the ages of six, ten, and 15 years from 46 randomly selected public secondary schools were included. Medical data have been obtained at schools by trained members of the Medical school authority. Besides effects of sex and background of migration, associations between weight status and the natural as well as social environments of the residential and school districts were analyzed. Since the 23 political districts of Vienna differ markedly in socioeconomic and environmental characteristics, a comparison between the di.... https://www.human-biology-and-public-health.org/index.php/hbph/article/view/31

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Spatial differences in childhood and adolescent obesity according to sex and migrant status in Vienna, Austria ; volume:1 ; year:2022 ; Human biology and public health ; 1 (2022)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Kirchengast, Sylvia ; Hagmann, Dominik

Further information

• DOI: 10.52905/hbph2022.1.31
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023081617123134960093
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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