Reilly, John J and Ness, AR and Leary, S. and Wells, J. and Tobias, J. and Clark, E. and Smith, G.D. (2003) The social patterning of fat and lean mass in a contemporary cohort of children. International Journal of Pediatric Obesity (1). pp. 59-61. ISSN 1747-7166
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Studies of the social patterning of obesity in children using body mass index have reported inconsistent results. We explored the association of social class with fat mass and lean mass in a contemporary cohort of children measured using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry. We observed a clear social gradient of fat mass (with children of higher social class having a lower fat mass), but no gradient in lean mass or trunk fat mass. Our data show that inequalities in adiposity are present in primary school children and suggest that social inequalities in childhood obesity may have been underestimated in previous studies.
| Item type: | Article |
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| ID code: | 36175 |
| Keywords: | obesity, body composition, fat mass, social class, children, Child Health. Child health services, Personal health and hygiene, including exercise, nutrition |
| Subjects: | Medicine > Pediatrics > Child Health. Child health services Medicine > Public aspects of medicine > Personal health and hygiene, including exercise, nutrition |
| Department: | Faculty of Humanities And Social Sciences > Physical Activity For Health |
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| Depositing user: | Pure Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Nov 2011 16:24 |
| Last modified: | 07 Nov 2012 12:00 |
| URI: | http://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/36175 |
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