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Other Projects in This Theme:

• Black Africans in Britain: Integration or segregation?
• Ethnic differences in diet, physical activity and obesity
• Ethnic group population change and integration
• Ethnic Variation in Criminological Experiences: A Single and Multilevel Statistical Analysis of British Crime Survey Data, 2001-2006
• Estimating segregation and diversity of ethnic groups over time in England and Wales, 1991-2001
• Exploring the Goodhart Thesis at the Local Scale: Neighbourhood Social Heterogeneity and Perceptions of Quality of Life in the British Crime Survey
• Exploring the movement of people from different ethnic groups into or out of wards with high or low density of their own ethnic group
• Neighbourhoods and the creation, stability and success of mixed-ethnic unions
• Racial discrimination and health: exploring the possible protective effects of ethnic density
• Understanding the labour market impact of immigration in Britain
• What happens when international migrants settle? Ethnic group population trends and projections for UK local areas
• Demographic characteristics and projections of ethnic minority and religious groups

External Links:

• Centre for Census and Survey Research, University of Manchester

Researchers

Abstract:

In England more than half of all adults are classified as being overweight or obese; among children aged 2-15, over one in five boys (22%) and over one in four girls (27%) are overweight or obese. This study is concerned with ethnic differences in two of the most important factors in causing obesity: diet and physical activity. The Department of Health has set recommended levels for both and has launched public education campaigns to meet those levels. However, such intervention strategies need to recognize cultural and gender differences both between and within ethnic groups.

This study uses the 1999 and 2004 ethnic boosts of the Health Survey for England (HSE) to examine ethnic differences in diet, physical activity and Body Mass Index based on factors such as gender, age, education, social class, religion and length of residence in the UK. The research also looks at how parental behaviour influences children's eating patterns and level of physical activity. Data is available for 1999 and 2004 and so the research will examine any observed change of behaviour in response to government campaigns. The project will also include a small element of methodological work related to dealing with item non-response.

Department:

Centre for Census and Survey Research, University of Manchester

Duration:

January 2008- January 2010

Grant Type:

Small Research Grant

Publications

Higgins, V. and Dale, A. (2010) Ethnic differences in physical activity and obesity, in Stillwell, J. and van Ham, M. (eds.) Ethnicity and Integration Understanding Population Trends and Processes Volume 3, Springer, Dordrecht, (forthcoming)

Higgins V and Dale A (2009) Ethnic Differences in Physical Activity and Obesity, CCSR Paper 2009-05

Higgins V. Ethnic Differences in Obesity, Diet and Physical Activity - A Literature review - CCSR Paper 2008-17

Presentations

Higgins, V. and Dale, A. (2010) Using the Health Survey for England to examine ethnic differences in obesity, diet and physical activity, Presentation at Research Methods Festival, Oxford, July.

Higgins, V. and Dale, A. (2010) Presentation at the Ethnic Differences in the Food Consumption of Children in England Child Consumption Conference, Sweden, June, Submitted an abstract,

Higgins, V. and Dale, A. (2009) Ethnic differences in food consumption, Presentation at the European Sociological Association Conference, Lisbon.

Higgins, V. and Dale, A. (2009) Ethnic differences in diet, physical activity and obesity, Presentation at the Health Surveys User Meeting, London.

Higgins, V. and Dale, A. (2009) Ethnic differences in diet, physical activity and obesity, Presentation at the Understanding population Trends and Processes Workshop, Leeds, March.

Higgins, V. and Dale, A. (2009) Lecture to attendees on the Public Health Information and Intelligence Training Programme, University of Manchester, December.

Higgins, V. and Dale, A. (2009) Introductory workshop with ESDS Government/Sample of Anonymised Records to highlight data available on the topic of health, March.

Higgins, V. and Dale, A. (2008) Ethnic differences in obesity, diet and physical activity Presentation at the British Society for Population Conference, Manchester.

Higgins V and Dale A (2008) Ethnic differences in physical activity, diet and obesity: the research potential of the Health Survey for England Presentation at the British Sociological Association Conference 2008, Warwick.

Higgins V and Dale A. (2008) Ethnic differences in obesity, diet and physical activity, Presentation at the Understanding population Trends and Processes Workshop, 2008, Leeds

Higgins V and Dale A. (2008) Ethnic differences in diet, Presentation at the CCSR lunchtime seminar series, 2008, Manchester

Higgins V and Dale A. (2008) Ethnic differences in diet, physical activity and obesity, Presentation at the Ethnicity Migration and Religion Research Group seminar, 2008, Manchester

 

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