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Masahiro Noda1, Satomi Yoshida1,2, Tetsuya Tsuchida1,3
1Department of Pharmacoepidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Pediatric obesity
|May 7, 2025
概括
在日本,父母教育水平较低与儿童肥胖率较高有关. 公共卫生倡议应该考虑针对教育程度较低的家长,以应对这种趋势.
科学领域:
- 儿科 儿科 儿科
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 社会经济地位 (SES) 和父母教育与富裕国家的儿童肥胖有关.
- 在不同文化和种族中,SES指标可能会有所不同,因此需要针对特定国家的研究.
- 亚洲国家对父母教育和儿童肥胖的研究仍然有限.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查父母的教育状况和日本儿童肥胖之间的联系.
- 分析不同的家长教育组合如何影响孩子的体重状况.
主要方法:
- 利用来自日本出生队列 (2011-2014) 的数据,其中有49,564名儿童.
- 父母教育被分为四组:低/低,高母亲/低父亲,低母亲/高父亲,高/高.
- 采用多变量逻辑回归来评估家长教育与4岁儿童超重/肥胖之间的联系.
主要成果:
- 超重/肥胖的患病率是17.9%的孩子与父母都有低教育 (LM-LF).
- 肥胖患病率在LM-LF组为5.5%,而在高等/高等教育组为3.8%.
- 与父母都受过高等教育的儿童相比,患有LM-LF的儿童在超重/肥胖 (1.13) 和肥胖 (1.34) 方面的调整后赔率比率显著更高.
结论:
- 双亲教育程度较低与日本儿童超重/肥胖风险增加有关.
- 研究结果表明,需要针对教育背景较低的父母进行有针对性的公共卫生干预.
- 解决父母教育差异可能是防止日本儿童肥胖的一个关键策略.
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