Childhood BMI and Adult Obesity in a Chinese Sample: A 13-Year Follow-up Study.

Dan Liu; Yun Xia Hao; Ting Zhi Zhao; Peng Kun Song; Yi Zhai; Shao Jie Pang; Yan Fang Zhao; Mei Zhang; Zhuo Qun Wang; Sheng Quan MI; Yu Ying Wang; Jian Zhang; Wen Hua Zhao

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Childhood BMI and Adult Obesity in a Chinese Sample: A 13-Year Follow-up Study.

Author: Dan LIU ¹ ; Yun Xia HAO ² ; Ting Zhi ZHAO ³ ; Peng Kun SONG ¹ ; Yi ZHAI ⁴ ; Shao Jie PANG ⁵ ; Yan Fang ZHAO ⁶ ; Mei ZHANG ⁶ ; Zhuo Qun WANG ⁶ ; Sheng Quan MI ⁷ ; Yu Ying WANG ^{8
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9} ; Jian ZHANG ¹ ; Wen Hua ZHAO ¹
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1. National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
2. Yangcheng Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Yangcheng 048100, Shanxi, China.
3. Heshun Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Heshun 032700, Shanxi, China.
4. Beijing Tian Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China.
5. Academy of State Administration of Grain, Beijing 100037, China.
6. National Center for Chronic and Non-Communicable Diseases Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
7. College of Biochemical Engineering, Beijing Union University, Beijing 100023, China.
8. International Life Sciences Institute Focal Point in China, Beijing 100050, China
9. Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China.
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Children and adolescents; China; Cohort study; Life course epidemiology; Obesity
MeSH: Adolescent; Adult; Body Mass Index; Child; China; epidemiology; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Male; Obesity; epidemiology; etiology; Odds Ratio; Parents; Pediatric Obesity; epidemiology; etiology; Prevalence; Prospective Studies; Young Adult
From: Biomedical and Environmental Sciences 2019;32(3):162-168
CountryChina
Language:English
Abstract: OBJECTIVE:Obesity is recognized as a significant risk factor for diabetes and hypertension. The present study aimed to examine the associations between adults'obesity risk and childhood and parental obesity.
METHODS:A total of 204 children aged 6-17 years were recruited in 2002 with an average follow-up period of 13.2 years. Height and body weight were measured by trained staffs. Overweight and obesity were defined based on the Chinese standard for children and adults. T-test, analysis of variance, and Chi-square analysis were used for single factor analysis. Multiple linear and logistic regression analyses were used to perform multifactor analysis.
RESULTS:The percentage of non-obese children who grew up to be non-obese adults was 62.6%, and that of obese children who grew up to be obese adults was 80.0%. There was a significant association between childhood body mass index (BMI) and adulthood BMI with a β regression coefficient of 3.76 [95% confidence interval (CI): 1.36-6.16], and between childhood obesity and adulthood obesity with an odds ratio of 5.76 (95% CI: 1.37-24.34). There was no statistical difference between parental obesity at baseline and children's adulthood obesity, after adjustment of confounders. Male participants and those aged 10.0-13.0 years had a higher risk of adulthood obesity with odds ratios of 2.50 (95% CI: 1.12-5.26) and 3.62 (95% CI: 1.17-11.24), respectively.
CONCLUSION:Childhood obesity is an important predictor of adulthood obesity.