Body Mass Index trajectories of Indigenous Australian children, and relation to screen-time, diet, and demographic factors
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Thurber, Katherine; Dobbins, Timothy; Neeman, Teresa; Banwell, Cathy; Banks, Emily
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OBJECTIVE: Limited cross-sectional data indicate elevated overweight/obesity prevalence among Indigenous versus non-Indigenous Australian children. This study aims to quantify body mass index (BMI) trajectories among Indigenous Australian children aged 3-6 and 6-9 years and to identify factors associated with the development of overweight/obesity. METHODS: Three-year BMI change was examined in up to 1,157 children in the national Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children. BMI...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Thurber, Katherine | |
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dc.contributor.author | Dobbins, Timothy | |
dc.contributor.author | Neeman, Teresa | |
dc.contributor.author | Banwell, Cathy | |
dc.contributor.author | Banks, Emily | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-05-13T23:04:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-05-13T23:04:17Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1930-7381 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/233032 | |
dc.description.abstract | OBJECTIVE: Limited cross-sectional data indicate elevated overweight/obesity prevalence among Indigenous versus non-Indigenous Australian children. This study aims to quantify body mass index (BMI) trajectories among Indigenous Australian children aged 3-6 and 6-9 years and to identify factors associated with the development of overweight/obesity. METHODS: Three-year BMI change was examined in up to 1,157 children in the national Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children. BMI trajectories among children with normal baseline BMI (n = 907/1,157) were quantified using growth curve models. RESULTS: Baseline prevalences of overweight/obesity were 12.1% and 25.4% among children of mean age 3 and 6 years, respectively. Of children with normal baseline BMI, 31.9% had overweight/obesity 3 years later; BMI increased more rapidly for younger versus older (difference: 0.59 kg/m2 /year; 95% CI: 0.50-0.69), female versus male (difference: 0.15 kg/m2 /year; 95% CI: 0.07-0.23), and Torres Strait Islander versus Aboriginal (difference: 0.36 kg/m2 /year; 95% CI: 0.17-0.55) children. Results were consistent with less rapid rates of BMI increase for children with lower sugar-sweetened beverage (including fruit juice) and high-fat food consumption. Children's BMI was lower in more disadvantaged areas. CONCLUSIONS: Overweight/obesity is common, and increases rapidly, in early childhood. Interventions are required to reduce the overweight/obesity prevalence among Indigenous Australian children in the first 3 years of life and to slow the rapid overweight/obesity onset from age 3 to 9 years. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | This work was supported by the Australian National University (KT) and the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (EB). | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_AU | |
dc.publisher | Nature Publishing Group | |
dc.rights | © 2017 The Authors | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.source | Obesity | |
dc.source.uri | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/oby.21783 | |
dc.title | Body Mass Index trajectories of Indigenous Australian children, and relation to screen-time, diet, and demographic factors | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 25 | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 111701 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health | |
local.identifier.absfor | 111706 - Epidemiology | |
local.identifier.absfor | 110311 - Medical Genetics (excl. Cancer Genetics) | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u4102339xPUB155 | |
local.publisher.url | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Thurber, Katherine, College of Health and Medicine, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Dobbins, Timothy, National Drug and alcohol Research Centre, University of Sydney | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Neeman, Teresa, Administrative Portfolio, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Banwell, Cathy, College of Health and Medicine, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Banks, Emily, College of Health and Medicine, ANU | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 4 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 747 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 756 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1002/oby.21783 | |
local.identifier.absseo | 920302 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health - Health Status and Outcomes | |
local.identifier.absseo | 920408 - Health Status (e.g. Indicators of Well-Being) | |
local.identifier.absseo | 920204 - Evaluation of Health Outcomes | |
dc.date.updated | 2020-11-23T10:15:45Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-85021859211 | |
local.identifier.thomsonID | 000400018600016 | |
dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | |
dc.provenance | This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. | |
dc.rights.license | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License | |
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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