Association between Chinese Famine Exposure and the Risk of Overweight/Obesity and Abdominal Obesity in Laterlife: A Cross-sectional Study.

Author: Li Na HUANG ¹ ; Hui Jun WANG ¹ ; Zhi Hong WANG ¹ ; Gang Qiang DING ¹
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1. National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Abdominal obesity; Famine; Overweight/obesity
From: Biomedical and Environmental Sciences 2020;33(2):133-137
CountryChina
Language:English
Abstract: This study aimed to examine the association between famine exposure in different stages of life and the risk of overweight/obesity and abdominal obesity in laterlife. A total of 12,458 participants were categorized into non-exposure and four direct exposures, including fetal, childhood, adolescence, and adult exposure. Only risk of being overweight or obesity in adolescence exposure [odds ratio ( ), 1.45; 95% confidence interval ( ), 1.08-1.94] was significantly higher than in non-exposure. Childhood ( , 1.27; 95% , 1.05-1.54) and adolescence ( , 1.53; 95% , 1.15-2.05) exposures had significantly an increased risk of abdominal obesity compared with non-exposure. Additionally, different famine severity exposures had different influences on the development of overweight/obesity and abdominal obesity. Famine exposure in adolescence, which was a behavior formative period, can increase the risk of overweight/obesity and abdominal obesity in adulthood, specifically in famine severely affect area.