Child physical development in the UK: the imprint of time and socioeconomic status

摘要: Objectives. Social health inequalities remain a key policy challenge. The existing literature has not presented synthetic view on the evolution of in physical development across childhood. We examine social disparities as children grow older using range different outcomes. Study design. Population-based secondary data analysis. Methods. We employ longitudinal British ages 9 months to 12 years from Millennium Cohort Study (N=13,811-18,987) and focus multiple child measures: weight, BMI, overweight, fat mass, waist circumference. Results. Higher family income is associated with lower BMI (for females), less body fat, smaller likelihood overweight both genders) average throughout childhood. When multiplied by three, probability decreases 2.8 (95% CI -0.041 -0.016) percentage points for females 2.7 -0.038 males. significantly widen older, genders. For instance, females, when 1.6 -0.032 -0.000) at 2-3, but 8.6 -0.112 -0.060) 10-12. Conclusions. trajectory inequalities, which may reflect cumulative effect socioeconomic status, precursor adulthood.