Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

Impact of cuts to local government spending on Sure Start children’s centres on childhood obesity in England: a longitudinal ecological study

2021; BMJ; Volume: 75; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1136/jech-2020-216064

1470-2738

Kate Mason, Alexandros Alexiou, Davara Bennett, Carolyn Summerbell, Ben Barr, David Taylor‐Robinson,

Child and Adolescent Health

Childhood obesity is rising in disadvantaged areas in England. Sure Start children's centres provide community-based services for children <5 years and their parents, including many services that can support healthy weight, directly or indirectly. Since 2010, austerity-driven cuts to local authority (LA) budgets have led to substantially reduced public expenditure on Sure Start services. We assessed whether childhood obesity prevalence has increased more since 2010 in those areas in England that experienced greater cuts to spending on Sure Start.