Deprivation indices and childhood BMI: a re-evaluation (pediatric editorial)

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

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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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http://www.nature.com/ijo/index.html

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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