Association Between Sub-National Regional Socioeconomic Status and Childhood Obesity in Five South-East European Countries: The WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative—COSI (2019)
Future public health efforts should take into consideration regional differences in childhood obesity prevalence, and more targeted research is essential for understanding the mechanisms of resilience and vulnerability on a sub-national level.
Authors
- Igor Spiroski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3566-9081)
- Helena Križan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8429-8657)
- Maja Lang Morović (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4402-2212)
- Visnja Djordjic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2788-493X)
- Emanuel Brađašević (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9398-7403)
- Nika Šlaus
- Sanja Musić Milanović
- Sergej M. Ostojic
- Enisa Kujundžić
- Gregor Starc
Institutions
- University of Ljubljana (SI)
- University of Novi Sad (RS)
- University of Agder (NO)
- Hrvatski zavod za javno zdravstvo (HR)
- Institute of public health of Republic of Macedonia (MK)
- Andrija Stampar Teaching Institute of Public Health (HR)
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (SE)
- University of Montenegro (ME)
- Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje (MK)
- University of Pecs (HU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Children
- Published
- 2026-02-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/children13020267
- Primary Topic
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- World Health Organization