Is there a link between low parental income and childhood obesity?

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 238-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nichola Shackleton
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Child Obesity ◽  
Income Poverty ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Child Weight ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Childhood Weight ◽  
Increased Risk

The association between familial socioeconomic status and child obesity has created the expectation that low familial income increases the risk of child obesity. Yet, there is very little evidence in the United Kingdom to suggest that this is the case. This article focuses on whether low familial income and family poverty are associated with an increased risk of child obesity. Data from the Millennium Cohort Study (age 7) are analysed. Sequential logistic regression analyses are used to determine whether income has a direct link to childhood weight. The results show no direct relationship between familial income/poverty and weight in childhood. Numerous robustness checks provide considerable evidence that low familial income has no association with children’s weight status in the United Kingdom. The results demonstrate that social inequalities in child weight are not driven by differences in income.

scholarly journals Obesity and Stunting in Childhood. Do Grandparents Play A Role? A Systematic Review

Jurnal NERS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Rizki Agustin Purwaningtyas ◽  
Ardila Lailatul Barik ◽  
Dwi Astuti
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Child Care ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Child Obesity ◽  
Primary Caregiver ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
Child Weight ◽  
The Impact

Introduction: Obesity and stunting in childhood has become one of the greatest global health challenges. The impact of this issue is serious and lasting for individuals, their families, communities and countries. Most of the studies on child weight status have only focused on the mother as the primary caregiver, whereas the role and influence of the grandparents has received less attention. Grandparent-provided child care has become a trend in many countries, with reported rates of approximately 40% to 58%. The objective of this systematic review was to analyze whether children become stunted or obese when they are cared for by their grandparents.Methods: The methodological search of the literature was conducted using Scopus, Science Direct, PubMed, Pro Quest and ResearchGate, and it was undertaken using PRISMA guidelines. The search identified 1803 papers and 135 full-text articles were screened for eligibility. Finally, 15 met the inclusion criteria. The keyword chain was as follows: ("obesity" OR "stunting") AND (“children”) AND (“grandparents”).Results: As grandparents take on increasingly responsible roles in the lives of their grandchildren, there is an influence on the higher risk of child obesity rather than stunting.Conclusion: In future, nurses should target not only the mother but also the grandparents to control their child’s health, especially when related to their weight status.

scholarly journals Young Parents’ Experiences of Pregnancy and Parenting During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study in the United Kingdom

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bettina Moltrecht ◽  
Louise J. Dalton ◽  
Jeffrey R. Hanna ◽  
Clare Law ◽  
Elizabeth Rapa
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Perinatal Care ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Poor Mental Health ◽  
Mental Wellbeing ◽  
Young Parents ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Parents Experiences

Abstract Young parents (aged 16-24 years) in the perinatal period are at an increased risk of poor mental health especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, due to multiple risk factors including social and economic instability. COVID-19 related restrictions had profound implications for the delivery of perinatal care services and other support structures for young parents. Investigating young parents’ experiences during the pandemic, including their perceived challenges and needs, is important to inform good practice and provide appropriate support for young parents. Qualitative interviews were conducted with young parents (n=21) during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom from February – May 2021. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. Three key themes were identified to describe parents’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Parents reported specific COVID-19 related anxieties and stressors, including worries around contracting the virus and increased feelings of distress due to uncertainty created by the implications of the pandemic. Parents described feeling alone both at home and during antenatal appointments and highlighted the absence of social support as a major area of concern. Also, parents felt their perinatal care had been disrupted by the pandemic and experienced difficulties accessing care online or over the phone. This study highlights the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young parents, including their mental wellbeing and the perinatal support they were able to access. Insights from this study can inform the support and services offered to families going forward. Specifically, the findings emphasise the importance of (a) supporting both parents during perinatal appointments, (b) providing parents with mental health support early on and (c) finding ways to facilitate communication pathways between professionals and parents.

Financial debt amongst older women in the United Kingdom – shame, abuse and resilience

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kingsley Purdam ◽  
Jennifer Prattley
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Older Women ◽  
Real Term ◽  
Financial Problems ◽  
Welfare Policies ◽  
Welfare Benefits ◽  
Wage Rates ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Pension Age

Abstract Long-term poverty, precarious employment, low pay, the increased pension age and real-term reductions in welfare benefits, including bereavement allowances, have brought into focus the financial vulnerability of many older women aged 55 years and older in the United Kingdom. In this article, survey data were analysed alongside evidence from observations of debt support meetings and interviews with older women who were receiving debt advice from a support charity. The findings suggest that older women were more likely to have financial problems than older men, particularly those women who were living on low incomes and who were separated or divorced. Following the breakdown of a relationship, many older women were at increased risk of more debt and bankruptcy, particularly those aged between 55 and 64 years and those in routine and semi-routine occupations. Many women had kept their financial problems hidden due to fear and shame whilst bringing up their children and some had been subject to coercive control and economic abuse by their former husbands or partners. It is important that any pension reforms, changes to minimum wage rates, and new divorce and domestic abuse legislation and welfare policies take account of the circumstances of separated, divorced and widowed older women. More financial support and advice needs to be provided to older women facing financial difficulties.

scholarly journals Breaking the link between disability and child and whanau poverty

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sam Murray
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Unemployment Rate ◽  
Income Poverty ◽  
Disabled Children ◽  
Clear Case ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Payment Rate

In New Zealand, disabled children are more likely to live in a oneparent household than are non-disabled children. The primary carers of disabled children have a higher unemployment rate than oneparent households in general. As a result, households with disabled children are significantly more likely to experience income poverty. This is not the case in the United Kingdom, where households with disabled children tend not to be at greater risk of income poverty. A key factor in preventing a greater risk of income poverty is the higher disability-related allowances in the United Kingdom: the median payment rate is almost three times higher than the New Zealand equivalents. There is a clear case for increasing the payment rate of the New Zealand disability-related allowances. There is also a clear case for an overhaul of support for households with disabled children to better enable carers/parents to work and to provide more equitable and effective support.

scholarly journals Increased risk of chikungunya infection in travellers to Thailand during ongoing outbreak in tourist areas: cases imported to Europe and the Middle East, early 2019

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilie Javelle ◽  
Simin-Aysel Florescu ◽  
Hilmir Asgeirsson ◽  
Shilan Jmor ◽  
Gilles Eperon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Virus Infection ◽  
Chikungunya Virus ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Local Transmission

We report nine travellers with confirmed chikungunya virus infection, returning from tourist areas of Thailand to Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Romania, Israel and France, diagnosed in January and February 2019. These sentinel tourists support the intensification of chikungunya virus circulation in Thailand and highlight the potential for importation to areas at risk of local transmission.

scholarly journals UK blood donors identified as at increased risk of vCJD are to be notified of their status

2005 ◽  
Vol 10 (29) ◽  
Author(s):  
K Soldan
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Blood Donors ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Jakob Disease

England’s Department of Health have announced the beginning of notification of a group of individuals who are newly identified as at increased risk of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) in the United Kingdom

Stepping up from opt-out: Achieving 100% uptake antenatal human immunodeficiency virus testing

2021 ◽  
pp. 095646242110454
Author(s):  
Margaret Kingston ◽  
Alex Thomas Leech ◽  
Bethany Stott ◽  
Koon Chan ◽  
Kim Macleod ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Hiv Testing ◽  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing ◽  
Childbearing Age ◽  
Improvement Project ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Opt Out ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus

All pregnant women in the United Kingdom are offered and encouraged to take up screening for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B and syphilis, with excellent uptake rates and engagement in care resulting in very few infants being infected with HIV in the United Kingdom. However, in that small number of women who decline testing, there remains an opportunity to offer further support to test and engage them and their baby in care, even if this happens in labour or immediately after birth. In addition, these women may be at increased risk of HIV. Our hospital is in an extremely high prevalence area for HIV, and most untested individuals are of childbearing age. We embarked on a quality improvement project to engage all women delivering at our unit in HIV testing or to test their babies via cord blood at birth. We sought to do this in a constructive and inclusive way, led by the HIV specialist midwife with the support of the HIV antenatal and the hospital senior management teams. Following an initial evaluation, the approach was modified and an innovative approach together with a trusted advocate was used to engage a particularly hard-to-reach group. We have achieved 100% uptake of HIV testing and made two HIV diagnoses that would not otherwise have been made; both in women who reported themselves not to be at risk and both engaged in care and delivered HIV-negative infants.

Review of the literature on self-injurious thoughts and behaviours in gender-diverse children and young people in the United Kingdom

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 304-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgina E Mann ◽  
Amelia Taylor ◽  
Bernadette Wren ◽  
Nastasja de Graaf
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Young People ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Significant Heterogeneity ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Self Injury ◽  
Gender Diverse ◽  
Increased Risk

International literature suggests that gender-diverse people are at increased risk of thoughts and acts of self-injury compared to their cisgender peers. The current review aimed to investigate the prevalence of self-injurious thoughts and behaviours (SITBs) among children and young people (CYP) in the United Kingdom identifying as a gender not typically associated with the sex they were assigned at birth and, further, to examine relevant prevalence rates of SITBs reported both in academic and grey literature. In total, seven studies were included in the review and indicated an increased prevalence of SITBs among gender-diverse CYP compared to the general population. However, methodological limitations and significant heterogeneity in the rates of SITBs reported require that the available literature be interpreted with some caution. Important factors to consider when interpreting SITB rates, as well as recommendations for future research, are discussed.

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