000097406 001__ 97406 000097406 005__ 20220120225837.0 000097406 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.3390/ijerph17249252 000097406 0248_ $$2sideral$$a121724 000097406 037__ $$aART-2020-121724 000097406 041__ $$aeng 000097406 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-6271-4370$$aGonzález-Álvarez, M.A.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000097406 245__ $$aGlobal trends in child obesity: Are figures converging? 000097406 260__ $$c2020 000097406 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000097406 5203_ $$aChildhood obesity has become one of the most serious global health challenges of our time. The combined prevalence of overweight and obesity has rapidly increased worldwide during the last two decades, especially in some developing countries where obesity is reaching levels on a par with some industrialized countries, or even higher. This fast growth has occurred especially in countries in the midst of rapid social-economic transitions. Most international comparisons focus on the adult population while analyses focusing on the child population are more limited. Using the methodology developed by Phillips and Sul, this paper studies the worldwide evolution of children’s body mass index (BMI), overweight and obesity prevalence for a large sample of countries during the period 1975–2016. Our results indicate that the figures for BMI or the prevalence of obesity in different countries do not converge, while the opposite is the case for overweight prevalence in children. Furthermore, there is a non-linear relationship between obesity and income or human capital, indicating that low and middle-income countries require a strong initiative for health policies targeting obesity prevention. 000097406 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/LMP71-18$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MCIU/ECO2015-65967-R 000097406 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 000097406 590__ $$a3.39$$b2020 000097406 591__ $$aPUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH$$b41 / 176 = 0.233$$c2020$$dQ1$$eT1 000097406 591__ $$aENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES$$b118 / 272 = 0.434$$c2020$$dQ2$$eT2 000097406 591__ $$aPUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH$$b68 / 203 = 0.335$$c2020$$dQ2$$eT2 000097406 592__ $$a0.747$$b2020 000097406 593__ $$aHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis$$c2020$$dQ2 000097406 593__ $$aPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health$$c2020$$dQ2 000097406 593__ $$aPollution$$c2020$$dQ2 000097406 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000097406 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-5513-1567$$aLázaro-Alquézar, A.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000097406 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-6811-1020$$aSimón-Fernández, M.B.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000097406 7102_ $$14008$$2225$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Estruc.Hª Econ.y Eco.Pb.$$cÁrea Economía Aplicada 000097406 7102_ $$14000$$2415$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Análisis Económico$$cÁrea Fund. Análisis Económico 000097406 773__ $$g17, 24 (2020), 9252 [1-20]$$pInt. j. environ. res. public health$$tInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health$$x1660-4601 000097406 8564_ $$s830918$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/97406/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000097406 8564_ $$s468477$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/97406/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000097406 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:97406$$particulos$$pdriver 000097406 951__ $$a2022-01-20-22:57:51 000097406 980__ $$aARTICLE