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Spatial analysis of food insecurity and obesity by area-level deprivation in children in early years settings in England
- Source :
- Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Epidemiology
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2017.
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Abstract
- BACKGROUND: We assessed manager perceptions of food security and obesity in young children attending nurseries across England, assessing spatial differences by area-level deprivation. METHODS: We conducted an adjusted multinomial logistic regression and an adjusted geographically weighted logistic regression examining the odds of a manager perceiving obesity, food insecurity, or both as a problem among children in care measured via a mailed survey. RESULTS: 851 (54.3%) managers returned the survey. A nursery being in the highest tertile of area-level deprivation was associated with a 1.89 (95% CI 1.00, 3.57) greater odds of perceiving obesity as a problem, a 3.06 (95% CI 1.94, 4.84) greater odds of perceiving food insecurity as a problem, and a 8.39 (95% CI 4.36, 16.15) greater odds of perceiving both as a problem, compared with the lowest tertile. CONCLUSIONS: We observed differences in manager perception by area-level deprivation, but the relationship was especially pronounced for food insecurity.
- Subjects :
- AIC, akaike information criterion
Adult
Male
Pediatric Obesity
LSOAs, lower super output areas
Article
US, United States
Body Mass Index
Food Supply
Surveys and Questionnaires
Humans
Obesity
IMD, index of multiple deprivation
Child
Poverty
Spatial Analysis
Food insecurity
OR, odds ratios
Infant
GIS, geographic information system
CI, confidence interval
Cross-Sectional Studies
Logistic Models
England
Area-level deprivation
GWR, geographically weighted regression
Child, Preschool
UK, United Kingdom
Female
Food Deprivation
Nurseries, Infant
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 18775853 and 18775845
- Volume :
- 23
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Epidemiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....eb5713f6e6f46cc7055303b4cb6e56e5