Full report: Trends in Weight Loss Attempts Among Children in England
Authors: Aryati Ahmad, Melissa Little, Carmen Piernas, Susan Jebb
Published by: Archives of Disease in Childhood, July 2022
SUMMARY
The researchers examined data from more than 34,000 children aged eight to 17 who participated in the Health Survey for England between 1997 and 2016. This annual survey varies every year and only surveys in which children were asked about weight loss were included. Survey results for two or sometimes three separate years were grouped together for the purposes of analysis. The researchers tracked how common weight-loss attempts were across several sociodemographic characteristics, including age, gender, weight status, ethnicity, and household income.
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