Trends in the Association of Poverty With Overweight Among US Adolescents, 1971-2004

Abstract

Trends of increasing overweight showed a greater impact in families living below the poverty line vs not living below the poverty line among older (15-17 years) but not younger (12-14 years) adolescents. Furthermore, physical inactivity, high consumption of sweetened beverages, and breakfast skipping may be candidate targets for prevention programs aimed at reducing this recently emerged disparity.

Breakfast consumption and nutrient intakes in 4–18-year-olds: UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey Rolling Programme (2008–2012)

“…We did not find any evidence to support the oft-quoted hypothesis that breakfast skipping leads to increased overall daily energy intake due to compensatory overeating later in the day ( 9 , 54 ) . On the contrary, in our analyses we observed that breakfast skipping was associated with either no difference or a significantly lower daily energy intake.…”

“…No link was observed between overall NMES intake (as a percentage of energy) and breakfast consumption. In the within-person analysis we observed no significant difference in the proportion of fat or NMES consumed between breakfast and non-breakfast days, suggesting that intermittent breakfast skipping did not lead to an increase in consumption of poor quality, high sugar and high fat foods and beverages on non-breakfast days in this study population, as has been postulated elsewhere ( 54 ) .…”

School Level Contextual Factors Are Associated With the Weight Status of Adolescent Males and Females

“…In this nationally representative study, we found different patterns of obesity among males and females and among different racial/ethnic and socioeconomic groups, similar to other published findings collected during the same period (1,3,4). Specifically, among females, we found both black and Hispanic adolescents were heavier than their white peers as were those with lower household incomes.…”

Emerging disparities in overweight by educational attainment in Chinese adults (1989–2006)

“…Our findings among women are consistent with the findings of emergent disparities in overweight/obesity in which the lower SES groups now have higher rates of overweight in the US among adolescents (10) and among women in some regions of Brazil (36). Our findings among men are also consistent with the trends among men in Brazil (37).…”