Poverty and childhood overweight in California Assembly districts

Drewnowski, Adam; Rehm, Jürgen; Kao, Chi Hsiu-Juei; Goldstein, Harold M.

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.09.008

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“…Poverty have been linked to increased prevalence of kidney diseases, diabetes, diabetic foot amputation, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases, and osteoporotic fractures (Wachtel 2005; Seedat 2007; Navarro et al 2009; McClellan et al 2010; Hsu et al 2012; Booth et al 2013; Gaskin et al 2014). Obesity have also been associated with poverty and such association might be due to lack of physical activity or consumption of larger amounts of carbohydrates (Miech et al 2006; Prentice and Webb 2006; Drewnowski et al 2009; Ziol-Guest et al 2009; Usfar et al 2010). …”

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Bibliometric analysis of medicine-related publications on poverty (2005–2015)

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BackgroundPoverty is a global problem. The war against poverty requires not only financial support, but also poverty-related research to pinpoint areas of high need of intervention. In line with international efforts to fight poverty and negative consequences, we carried out this study to give a bibliometric overview of medicine-related literature on poverty. Such a s study is an indicator of the extent of interaction of various international key players on the war against poverty-related health problems.MethodsScopus was used to achieve the objective of this study. The time span set for this study was 2005–2015. Poverty-related articles under the subject area “Medicine” were used to give bibliometric indicators such as annual growth of publications, international collaboration, highly cited articles, active countries, institutions, journals, and authors.ResultsThe total number of retrieved articles was 1583. The Hirsh-index of retrieved articles was 56. A modest and fluctuating increase was seen over the study period. Visualization map of retrieved articles showed that “HIV”, infectious diseases, mental health, India, and Africa were most commonly encountered terms. No significant dominance of any particular author or journal was observed in retrieved articles. The United States of America had the largest share in the number of published articles. The World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Prevention and Control were among top active institutions/organizations. International collaboration was observed in less than one third of publications. Top cited articles focused on three poverty-related health issues, mainly, infectious diseases, malnutrition, and child development/psychology. Most of top articles were published in high impact journals.ConclusionsData indicated that articles on poverty were published in high influential medical journals indicative of the importance of poverty as a global health problem. However, the number publications and the extent of international collaborations was lower than expected given the huge burden of poverty-related health problems.

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“…Children from lower income households have a greater risk of being obese than children from higher income households [13][14][15], and the rate of obesity in AfricanAmerican children is double that of white preschool children [16]. One contributing factor adding to the socioeconomic disparities in childhood obesity rates is poor nutrition.…”

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Federal Food Assistance Programs and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Low-Income Preschool Children

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Childhood obesity remains a significant public health concern. Children from lower income households have a greater risk of being obese. Low-income families generally have less access to healthy, affordable food choices and turn to federal food assistance programs. Few studies have examined the impact of food assistance programs on childhood obesity rates. This study explored the association between BMI, blood lipid levels, and three food assistance programs (WIC, reduced lunch, and food stamps) in a sample of predominantly low-income, minority preschool children enrolled in a city-wide preschool program. Screenings were performed at on-site health fairs conducted at nine schools in disadvantaged areas. Screenings included vital signs, a finger stick, head-to-toe exam, vision screening, dental screening, and hearing screening. Of the sample of 229 preschool children, 23.1 % were obese, almost three times the national rate in preschoolers. Children whose families received WIC benefits weighed significantly less than those who did not receive benefits. In addition, 20.6 % of the children screened had elevated systolic blood pressures. Of the sample, 33 % had unhealthy triglyceride levels and 46 % had unhealthy HDL levels with those that received WIC benefits having significantly lower levels of LDL cholesterol This study confirms that low-income, minority children in the South continue to be disproportionately affected by overweight and obesity. In addition, the results of this study indicate WIC as a potential public health initiative to combat the childhood obesity epidemic and reduce other cardiovascular risk factors, such as blood lipids and blood pressure.

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“…Low SES has been linked to higher rates of obesity, diabetes, and the metabolic syndrome both at the individual (e.g., Loucks et al, 2007; Banks et al, 2006) and in ecologic analyses for political districts (Drewnowski et al, 2009), ZIP code areas (Drewnowski et al, 2007), and counties (Murray et al 2005). However, area based measures of SES may be of limited value in obesity research when the level of inference is the individual (Krieger et al, 2005).…”

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Residential property values are associated with obesity among women in King County, WA, USA

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Studies of social determinants of weight and health in the US have typically relied on self-reported education and incomes as the two primary measures of socioeconomic status (SES). The assessed value of one’s home, an important component of wealth, may be a better measure of the underlying SES construct and a better predictor of obesity. The Seattle Obesity Study (SOS), conducted in 2008-9, was a cross-sectional random digit dial telephone survey of 2001 adults in King County, Washington State, US. Participants’ addresses were geo-coded and residential property values for each tax parcel were obtained from the county tax assessor’s database. Prevalence ratios of obesity by property values, education, and household income were estimated separately for women and men, after adjusting for age, race/ethnicity, household size, employment status and home ownership. Among women, the inverse association between property values and obesity was very strong and independent of other SES factors. Women in the bottom quartile of property values were 3.4 times more likely to be obese than women in the top quartile. No association between property values and obesity was observed for men. The present data strengthen the evidence for a social gradient in obesity among women. Property values may represent a novel and objective measure of SES at the individual level in the US. Measures based on tax assessment data will provide a valuable resource for future health studies.

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Poverty and childhood overweight in California Assembly districts

Cited by 29 publications

References 21 publications

Bibliometric analysis of medicine-related publications on poverty (2005–2015)

Bibliometric analysis of medicine-related publications on poverty (2005–2015)

Federal Food Assistance Programs and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Low-Income Preschool Children

Residential property values are associated with obesity among women in King County, WA, USA

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