A nation-wide analysis of socioeconomic and geographical disparities in the prevalence of obesity and excess weight in children and adolescents in Spain: Results from the ENE-COVID study.

Enrique Gutiérrez-GonzálezMarta García-SolanoRoberto Pastor-BarriusoNerea Fernández de Larrea-BazAlmudena Rollán-GordoBelén Peñalver-ArgüesoIsabel Peña-ReyMarina PollánBeatriz Perez-Gomeznull null

Published in: Pediatric obesity (2023)

Childhood and adolescent obesity and excess weight are highly prevalent in Spain, with relevant sex, sociodemographic and geographical differences. The geographic variability explained by sociodemographic variables indicates that there are other potentially modifiable factors on which to focus interventions at different geographic levels to fight this problem.

Keyphrases

weight loss
weight gain
physical activity
insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
body mass index
type diabetes
high fat diet induced
coronavirus disease
sars cov
young adults
mental health
risk factors
body weight
healthcare
childhood cancer
skeletal muscle