The Relationship between Change of Parental Weight and Change of Child's Weight over 2 Years.
- Author:
Tae Ho HWANG
1
;
Kayoung LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Family Medicine, Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea. fmlky@inje.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
children;
parents;
overweight;
Body Mass Index (BMI)
- MeSH:
Child;
Fathers;
Humans;
Mothers;
Odds Ratio;
Overweight;
Parents;
Pediatrics;
Surveys and Questionnaires
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine
2008;29(5):336-341
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to examine the association between the change of parental weight status and the change of their child's weight status over 2 years. METHODS: A total of 379 children ages 11??13 years were measured their height and weight in 2001 and 2003. Their parents completed a questionnaire including self-reported parental weight and height during the same period. Parental weight status was classified as overweight (BMI> or =25 kg/m(2)) and non-overweight (BMI<25 kg/m(2)). Children's weight status was classified as overweight and non-overweight using the age and gender-specific BMI established by the Korean Academy of Pediatrics. The weight status over 2 years was categorized as a group of persistent overweight, persistent non-overweight, shifting overweight to non-overweight, and shifting non-overweight to overweight. RESULTS: After adjusting for the child's gender and the father's weight status, the odds ratio for being persistently overweight over 2 years in a child having a mother with persistent overweight was 2.8 (95% CI: 0.9-8.5) compared to a child having a mother with persistent non-overweight. Likewise, the odds ratio for being persistently overweight over 2 years in a child having a father with persistent overweight was 2.9 (95% CI: 1.4-6.1) compared to the child having a father with persistent non-overweight. CONCLUSION: Parental weight status over 2 years was associated with the 2-year weight status in children. The parents- and family-based intervention are needed to prevent and manage childhood obesity.
