In the Jewish group, the inverse association of child physical activity with overweight/obesity was only of borderline significance, marginally supporting previous evidence of its protective role in a systematic review of studies among children from disadvantaged backgrounds ( 31 ).
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The attenuation of the associations to non-significance (maternal education) or to borderline significance (income) in Model 2, with the inclusion of psychosocial and behavioral factors, supports evidence that SES inequalities in health are explained by differences in the psychosocial environment and behaviors ( 53 ).