Exploring Maternal Health, Lifestyle, and Socioeconomic Influences on Childhood Obesity in Australia
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Article Title | Exploring Maternal Health, Lifestyle, and Socioeconomic Influences on Childhood Obesity in Australia |
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ERA Journal ID | 13449 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Kabir, Enamul, Begum, Nasrin, Khanam, Rasheda and Ahmad, Kabir |
Journal Title | BMC Public Health |
Journal Citation | 25 |
Article Number | 3364 |
Number of Pages | 15 |
Year | 2025 |
Publisher | BioMed Central Ltd. |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 1471-2458 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-21889-z |
Web Address (URL) | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-025-21889-z |
Abstract | Background and objective; Childhood obesity has become a significant public health challenge, with its prevalence rising globally. Obesity is defined as a body mass index at or above the 95th percentile for children of the same age and sex. This study aimed to group maternal characteristics during pregnancy and assess their association with childhood obesity from ages 2 to 15 years. |
Keywords | LSAC; Childhood obesity; LCA; Clustering; Multinomial regression model |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 420601. Community child health |
Byline Affiliations | School of Mathematics, Physics and Computing |
Centre for Health Research | |
Bangladesh Betar, Bangladesh | |
School of Business | |
Brown Health, Australia |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/zy5y4/exploring-maternal-health-lifestyle-and-socioeconomic-influences-on-childhood-obesity-in-australia
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