Longitudinal changes in health behaviours and body weight among Swedish school children - associations with age gender and parental education – the SCIP school cohort

摘要

BackgroundIn order to develop health promotion initiatives it is important to identify at what age gender and socioeconomic inequalities in health-related behaviours emerge. The aim of this longitudinal study was to analyse how health-related behaviours and weight status differed by age-group, gender, family socio-economic status and over time in three cohorts of school children.