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Due to financial limits, people with low socioeconomic status frequently have restricted access to healthful eating options. This may result in a dependence on less expensive, high-calorie, fat-, sugar-, and salt-containing foods.Supporting evidence....... Moreover, families can find it difficult to find secure outside areas for physical activity. supporting evidence ...... Poverty-related stressors can also fuel bad food patterns and inactive lifestyle choices. Children from low-income homes are more likely to become obese as children as a result of all these variables together.

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The low socioeconomic status can cause childhood obesity. Low Socioeconomic status brings the ability to purchase commercial, prepared ‘fast-food’ items, leading too often to disadvantageous effects on children’s diets (Poskitt, 2014). Even the world develops all the time, it leads to the prices of health food increasing but the ‘fast-food’ decreasing. That is why children choose these food which have high fat and calories. For example, recent years, COVID-19 cover the whole world. Many people could not choose the ‘normal food’ just because of the prices higher and requirement be shortly. However, fried chicken or chips became the top of choice because they are cheap and easily to get. Moreover, the built environment (e.g. walkability), social interactions, food marketing and prices (Maziak, 2008) had become the reason of childhood obesity, such as low socioeconomic status in Burundi, Chad or other countries which poorly means simple condition of health. That also results these children cannot check their body in time and find the obesity problems. Low socioeconomic will also bring less perceptions of obesity about children. Hee Soon Kim, the PHD of Yonsei University of Nursing in Korea, agreed that the obesity rate was 69.0% and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) was 33.3% in the low-income bracket, and the prevalence of MS was 27.2% for the population. The children in the low-income group were more prone to have poor eating behaviour and more likely to spend more than 2 hr viewing television(Kim, 2014). Therefore, low socioeconomic status not only cannot make people get the healthy food but the condition of health or the knowledge of obesity not be realised.

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1.Poskitt, E.M.E., 2014. Childhood obesity in low-and middle-income countries. Paediatrics and international child health, 34(4), pp.239-249.

2.Maziak, W., Ward, K.D. and Stockton, M.B., 2008. Childhood obesity: are we missing the big picture?. Obesity reviews, 9(1), pp.35-42.

3.Kim, H.S., Ham, O.K., Jang, M.N., Yun, H.J. and Park, J., 2014. Economic differences in risk factors for obesity among overweight and obese children. The journal of school nursing, 30(4), pp.281-291.

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When discussing how low socioeconomic status impacts childhood obesity, have a important fact that children from poor backgrounds face greater health risks. In impoverished areas, families often lack the resources and information to access healthy foods, which directly contributes to unhealthy dietary habits. For instance, due to financial constraints, inexpensive processed foods are more readily available than fresh fruits and vegetables（Drewnowski et al., 2004).Moreover, low-income communities frequently lack safe places for physical activity, thus limiting children's exercise opportunities（Gordon-Larsen et al., 2006).These conditions collectively create an environment where childhood obesity becomes prevalent. Addressing this issue requires policymakers to intervene, improving access to nutritious foods for low-income families and providing more public spaces for physical activity to foster overall child health.

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1.Drewnowski, A., & Specter, S. E. (2004). Poverty and obesity: the role of energy density and energy costs. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 79(1), 6-16.

2.Gordon-Larsen, P., Nelson, M. C., Page, P., & Popkin, B. M. (2006). Inequality in the built environment underlies key health disparities in physical activity and obesity. Pediatrics, 117(2), 417-424.

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The socioeconomic status of a household and the eating habits of the parents can be one of the key causes of childhood obesity. For instance, due to low income status, families might eat more highly processed food due to it being cheaper compared to more natural products.

According to Jingyu Chen, Shunqing Luo, Xiaohua Liang, Yetao Luo and Rina Li (2021) child obesity is also greatly correlated to adult obesity, due to a lack of a good example of lifestyles, children will be influenced by how their parents behave, therefore if a parent has questionable eating habits, it is highly possible that their children is following them too.

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Low socioeconomic status( SES) is one of the causes of childhood obesity. Parents with lower SES are more likely to choose energy dense foods with low in nutritional value because they believe these foods are more likely to keep their child satiated until their next meal (Jebeile et al., 2022).Additionally, the lower cost per calorie of more energy dense foods (i.e., fast foods), as well as their convenience, may be an important factor for why families of lower SES choose to purchase these foods (Kracht, 2020).This is coupled with findings that the desire to indulge a child’s request for sweets and other unhealthy food is associated with being a parent of lower SES (Kracht, 2020). Children living in households with lower SES are more likely to experience food insecurity, and the prevalence of obesity is significantly higher among children who are food-insecure and with lower SES(Vazquez and Cubbin, 2020).Thus,

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Vazquez, C.E. and Cubbin, C. 2020. Socioeconomic status and childhood obesity: a review of literature from the past decade to inform intervention research. Current obesity reports.9(1)，pp.562-570.

Jebeile, H., Kelly, A.S., O'Malley, G. and Baur, L.A. 2022. Obesity in children and adolescents: epidemiology, causes, assessment, and management. The lancet Diabetes & endocrinology.10(5), pp.351-365.

Kracht, C. L., Joseph, E. D., and Staiano, A. E. 2020. Video games, obesity, and children. Current obesity reports. 9(2), pp.1-14.

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Childhood obesity has become very common in our society nowadays, and children who grow up in families with low socioeconomic status (SES) will be more likely to be obese. SES may affect lifestyle, including people's access to food and physical activity patterns, which in turn affects their energy balance (Youfa Wang, 2012). Families with low SES tend to choose cheaper foods to fill their stomachs, and these cheaper foods contain a lot of sugar and fat and are very high in calories. It is because of these unhealthy food that can cause children to become obese. In addition to this, lower levels of parental education in early and late childhood is a consistent risk factor for overweight and obesity in both men and women in this youth group (Per Hoegh Poulsen, 2018), which can lead to a child's negative impact on the family's psychosocial security if their parents' education is too low, for example, because of their parents' unstable jobs and often living in poorer settlements. Therefore when a child experiences these in early childhood, it may increase the social insecurity that the adolescent perceives in everyday life, which may translate into psychological processes and may lead to future biological consequences (Per Hoegh Poulsen, 2018). So in addition to dietary accidents, family tensions can affect children in adolescence, and these psychological factors may affect the child's mood and ability to self-regulate, thus increasing the risk of obesity.

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Wang, Y. and Lim, H., 2012. The global childhood obesity epidemic and the association between socio-economic status and childhood obesity. International review of psychiatry, 24(3), pp.176-188.

Poulsen, P.H., Biering, K., Winding, T.N., Nohr, E.A. and Andersen, J.H., 2018. How does childhood socioeconomic position affect overweight and obesity in adolescence and early adulthood: a longitudinal study. BMC obesity, 5, pp.1-14.

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At present, childhood obesity has been a significant problem around the world. Low socioeconomic status (SES) can cause childhood obesity. It has been investigated that children from low socioeconomic households are exposed to a greater risk of obesity (Gibbs & Forste, 2013). However, the statement does not hold true universally. In countries with a higher income, adiposity is negatively correlated with SES, while in countries with a lower income, the opposite occurs (Vazequez & Cubbin, 2020). Thus, what are the underlying reasons and mechanisms behind the impact of low socioeconomic status on childhood obesity? A study reported by author (year) that children in lower-income community had substantially less physical activity, poorer nutritional food consumption, more consumption of fried food and sugary beverages, and much more time watching television or playing video games (Rogers, 2015). Therefore,

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Socioeconomic status is strongly associated with childhood obesity, with obesity negatively associated with SES in countries with higher incomes, while the reverse was true in countries with lower incomes. In high-income countries, various factors may pose a risk of malnutrition in children with low SES, such as lack of access to grocery stores with fresh fruits and vegetables, targeted advertising of unhealthy foods, and easy access to fast food restaurants. In low - and middle-income countries, overconsumption may be prevalent among households with higher SES because these households have no economic barriers to accessing food when convenient (Vazquez, C.E., Cubbin, C., 2020). In general, the combined prevalence of overweight and obesity is much higher in developed countries than in developing countries. For example, in 2010, the combined prevalence of children and adolescents in the United States was 31.8% (Ogden et al., 2012), while prevalence in many developing countries was less than 5% (Onis et al., 2010). In conclusion, the link between SES and obesity is complex, and childhood obesity is a serious public threat in many industrialized and developing countries across the globe, a problem that continues to grow.

Vazquez, C.E., Cubbin, C. Socioeconomic Status and Childhood Obesity: a Review of Literature from the Past Decade to Inform Intervention Research. Curr Obes Rep 9, 562–570 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13679-020-00400-2

Wang, Y., & Lim, H. (2012). The global childhood obesity epidemic and the association between socio-economic status and childhood obesity. International Review of Psychiatry, 24(3), 176–188. https://doi.org/10.3109/09540261.2012.688195

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There are many factors that contribute to childhood obesity due to low socioeconomic status. Here are a few. Firstly, children in low-income communities are relatively less physically active, eat fewer nutritious foods, eat more fried foods and sugary drinks, and spend more time watching TV or playing video games. Smith (2023) highlights ........Secondly, families of lower socioeconomic status start eating solid foods when their children are very young. include an evidence Parental education and obesity, as well as nutrition in early childhood, seem to have an important impact on it. Finally, there are different links between socioeconomic status and obesity in developing and developed countries. Strong positive relationships between women, men and children have been observed in developing societies; Urban children and children from high-income families are at increased risk of being overweight. There are often clear gender differences as well. Children and young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are heavier, and the prevalence is much higher in boys than girls.

In conclusion, lower socioeconomic status families have a strong influence on the degree of childhood obesity.

Wang, Y. and Lim, H. (2012). The global childhood obesity epidemic and the association between socio-economic status and childhood obesity. International Review of Psychiatry, 24(3), 176–188.

Vazquez, C.E., Cuban, C.(2020). Socioeconomic Status and Childhood Obesity: a Review of Literature from the Past Decade to Inform Intervention Research. Current Obesity Report 9, 562–570.

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We will see how social economic status can be considered as one of causes of childhood obesity and see what are its causes and effects. There is a growing body of literature suggesting that the association between socioeconomic status and development of childhood obesity is growing in strength with an ever-widening gap in obesity rates between low and high SES group (author, year). One thing is clearly highlighted that people with low SES are at critical risk of obesity. In low SES class people, there are high chance of mental health (depression, anxiety), low self-esteem and self-worth, feeling disempowered, insecurity, stress, negative belief systems, and negative emotions due to obesity in them so obesity indirectly promote a unhealthy life style. In low SES there come another factor which is lack of money so they mostly eat food with high calories which make them obsessed. Anon, ( 2024) Early Childhood Obesity Risk Factors: Socioeconomic Adversity. Many modifiable risk factors for childhood obesity are related to SES, including neighbourhood safety, smoking, drinking soda, and watching television.⁸ Demographic risk factors associated with increased childhood weight, such as race and birthweight, also vary with SES. Indeed, some have assumed these risk factors are SES indicators rather than risk factors for childhood overweight status that are independent of SES. Amy S. Williams Fet ALL(2024) Socioeconomic Status and Other Factors Associated with Childhood Obesity

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Socioeconomic status is associated with childhood obesity rate, children from low-income families have higher rates of obesity than children from high-income families. Parents also had perceptions of their children being overweight, including obesity in either parent, lower education levels, and poor nutrition knowledge (Williams, A. S. et al. 2018). The prevalence of obesity is highest in Western industrial countries, and these children are often associated with high blood pressure, heart disease, respiratory disease and other health problems in adulthood (Wang, Y. et al, 2012). In a Swedish study, researchers compared children in high - and low-income neighborhoods. They found that the prevalence of obesity was significantly higher in low-income communities, and then they implemented some interventions to improve the quality of their diets, and they saw a significant improvement in the prevalence of obesity as children consumed sugary, high-calorie foods (Maria B. Magnusson., et al. 2011). To sum up, socioeconomic status affects childhood obesity rates.

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Maria B. Magnusson, Agneta Sjöberg, Karin I. Kjellgren, and Lauren Lissner., (2011). Childhood odesity and prevention in different socioeconomic contexts. 53(6). 402-407.

Wang, Y., & Lim, H. (2012). The global childhood obesity epidemic and the association between socioeconomic status and childhood obesity. 24(3). 176-188.

Williams, A. S., Ge, B., Petroski, G., Kruse, R. L., McElroy, J. A., & Koopman, R. J., (2018). Socioeconomic Status and Other Factor Associated with Childhood Obesity. 31(4). 514-521.

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Socioeconomic status can affect the consumption habits and dietary structure of families, which in turn affects the nutritional intake of children(Hanson,2014). In societies with a large gap between rich and poor, families of lower socioeconomic status are more vulnerable to economic constraints and relatively low purchasing power, leading them to often choose lower-priced but relatively poor nutrition foods, such as processed foods and fast food, to meet the basic needs of life. This unhealthy diet can easily lead to children consuming too many calories, which increases the risk of obesity. Also socioeconomic status can affect children's opportunities to participate in sports(Vollmer,2019). Relatively high socioeconomic status usually means better educational resources and cultural environment, making these families more conscious of cultivating their children's interests and opportunities to participate in physical exercise. Families with low socioeconomic status may not be able to provide their children with a wide range of activity options due to economic pressures and other reasons, resulting in a lack of opportunities and interest in physical exercise, while also increasing the risk of childhood obesity.(Andersen,2019)

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Childhood obesity is a complicated problem with numerous contributing causes, the most significant of which come from unhealthy habits. Firstly unhealthy habits include unhealthy eating habits, for example, the intake of high-calorie, low-nutrient foods such as sugary snacks and beverages, including fast food, contributes significantly to childhood obesity(Jebeile et al., 2022). These foods are usually readily available, inexpensive and marketed to adolescents in large quantities. Secondly bad habits also include sedentary lifestyle i.e. lack of exercise(Kansra, Lakkunarajah and Jay, 2021). With the advancement of technology, children have more time for sedentary activities such as watching television, playing video games or using smartphones and computers. This reduces their overall physical activity and increases the risk of weight gain. Most obesity in adolescents is caused by the above.

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2. Kansra, A.R., Lakkunarajah, S. and Jay, M.S. (2021). Childhood and Adolescent Obesity: A Review. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 8(581461). doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2020.581461.