Socioeconomic Status and Trajectory of Overweight from Birth to Mid-Childhood: The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort Jessica C. Jones-Smith1,2*, Marlowe Gates Dieckmann2,3, Laura Gottlieb4, Jessica Chow5, Lia C. H. Fernald2 1 Department of International Health (Human Nutrition), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, 2 School of Public Health, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America, 3 School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, 4 Department of Family and Community Medicine and Center for Health and Community, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, 5 University of California Berkeley University of California San Francisco Joint Medical Program (JMP), Berkeley, California, United States of America
Abstract Objective: Our objective was to use longitudinal data from a US birth cohort to test whether the probability of overweight or obesity during the first 6 years of life varied according to socioeconomic status. Design and Methods: Using six waves of longitudinal data from full-term children in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort (2001–2007; n
Abstract Objective: Our objective was to use longitudinal data from a US birth cohort to test whether the probability of overweight or obesity during the first 6 years of life varied according to socioeconomic status. Design and Methods: Using six waves of longitudinal data from full-term children in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort (2001–2007; n
