Deprivation indices and childhood BMI: a re-evaluation

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KELLY, Shona (2013). Deprivation indices and childhood BMI: a re-evaluation. International Journal of Obesity, 37, 475-476. [Article]

Abstract
A paper in this issue challenges the conventional wisdom that body mass index (BMI) in children increases as deprivation index score increases. These results should lead us to consider both our assumptions about the data, but also our assumptions about the ‘shape’ of health inequalities.
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Official URL:
http://www.nature.com/ijo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/fu...
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018:
Centre for Health and Social Care Research
Page Range:
475-476

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Identification Number:
10.1038/ijo.2013.3
ORCID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4002-048X

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Item Type:
Article
Depositing User:
Shona Kelly
Date Deposited:
15 Feb 2013 11:26
Last Modified:
18 Mar 2021 19:45
URI:
https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/6751
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