Tuna Albayrak
Predictors of Health Literacy Levels in Patients Attending Anesthesia Outpatient Clinics for Preoperative Evaluation
Cureus
summary already known subject overweight obesity linked different parental socioeconomic factors already young children western developed countries association childhood overweight obesity parental socioeconomic status shows negative gradient ambiguous results obtained regarding association socioeconomic factors childhood overweight obesity different countries time study adds european regions show heterogeneous associations socioeconomic factors overweight obesity multicentre study highly standardized study protoco strength association ses overweight obesity varies across european regions study ses gradient correlated regional mean income countryspecific human development index indicating strong influence family also region country overweight obesity prevalence objective assess association different macro microlevel socioeconomic factors childhood overweight methods data idefics baseline survey used investigate crosssectional association socioeconomic factors like socioeconomic status ses prevalence childhood overweight differences similarities regarding relationship eight european regions located b elgium c yprus e stonia g ermany h ungary taly pain weden explored 11 994 children 509 boys 491 girls parents included analyses results five eight investigated regions b elgium e stonia g ermany pain weden prevalence childhood overweight followed inverse ses gradient three regions c yprus h ungary taly association ses childhood overweight found ses overweight association region best explained countryspecific human development index centrespecific mean income investigated association socioeconomic factors overweight clear pattern could found different regions conclusion association socioeconomic factors childhood overweight shown heterogeneous across different european regions research nationwide european data needed confirm results identify target groups prevention