Rural Canadian adolescents are more likely to be obese compared with urban adolescents
International Journal of Pediatric ObesityPublished 1 January 2008
Mark W. Bruner, Joshua Lawson, William Pickett, William Boyce, Ian Janssen
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There was a trend for increasing overweight and obesity among adolescents as the level of "rurality" increased among adolescents, suggesting that obesity prevention interventions should be particularly aggressive in rural areas.
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The population was 53.3% female with a mean age of 13.9 years (standard deviation, SD=1.5). Approximately 22.2% were living in rural areas while 14.4% were living in large metropolitan (metro) areas. After adjusting for age, sex, socioeconomic status, and Region of Canada, there was a trend for increasing overweight (p=0.001) and obesity (p=0.03) among adolescents as the level of "rurality" increased (relative odds for most urban to most rural regions for overweight or obese: 1.00, 0.98, 1.18, 1.57, 1.36; obesity: 1.00, 1.06, 1.39, 1.58, 1.56). Conclusion. This study provides new information about patterns of overweight/obesity among Canadian adolescents by urban-rural geographic status. These findings suggest that obesity prevention interventions should be particularly aggressive in rural areas.
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