A nation‐wide analysis of socioeconomic and geographical disparities in the prevalence of obesity and excess weight in children and adolescents in Spain: Results from the ENE‐COVID study
Authors' conclusion
Childhood and adolescent obesity and excess weight are highly prevalent in Spain, with relevant sex, sociodemographic and geographical differences. The geographic variability explained by sociodemographic variables indicates that there are other potentially modifiable factors on which to focus interventions at different geographic levels to fight this problem.
Study context
- Population
- Children and adolescents aged 2–17 years in the ENE-COVID survey, Spain (April-June 2020)of 68,287 survey participants
- Participants
- 10,543 children
- Exposure
- Boys vs girls; sociodemographic and geographical differences
- Outcome
- Crude and model-based standardized prevalences of obesity and excess weight (WHO growth reference)
Methodological detailsnationwide representative seroepidemiological survey, stratified by province and municipality size, self-reported weight and height
- Nationwide representative seroepidemiological survey
- Stratified by province and municipality size
- Self-reported weight and height
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Crude prevalence of obesity (WHO growth reference)
Crude prevalence of obesity (WHO growth reference)
Excess weight
Severe obesity
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Prevalence by province
- Obesity range, boys
- 1.8%-30.5%
- Obesity range, girls
- 0%-17.6%
- Excess weight range, boys
- 15.2%-49.9%
- Excess weight range, girls
- 10.8%-40.8%
- Lowest prevalences in provinces in the northern half of Spain
Geographical variability explained by sociodemographic characteristics
- Obesity
- 33.6%
- Excess weight
- 44.2%
- Only partially explained
Original publication
A nation‐wide analysis of socioeconomic and geographical disparities in the prevalence of obesity and excess weight in children and adolescents in Spain: Results from the ENE‐COVID study. Pediatr Obes. Published 14 November 2023. doi:10.
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