ArticleBMC public health2010
Early life factors and being overweight at 4 years of age among children in Malmö, Sweden.
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- Risk and Protective Factors for Child Overweight/Obesity Among Low Socio-Economic Populations in Israel: A Cross Sectional Study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2018Article
- Interactions between Diet and Exposure to Secondhand Smoke on the Prevalence of Childhood Obesity: Results from NHANES, 2007-2010.Environmental health perspectives · 2016Article
- Effect of the exposure to maternal smoking during pregnancy and childhood on the body mass index until adolescence.Revista de saude publica · 2015Article
- Barriers to and facilitators of nurse-parent interaction intended to promote healthy weight gain and prevent childhood obesity at Swedish child health centers.BMC nursing · 2013Article
- The effect of the home environment on physical activity and dietary intake in preschool children.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2013Article
- Association between body size and blood pressure in children from different ethnic origins.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2012Article
- Early origins of adult disease: approaches for investigating the programmable epigenome in humans, nonhuman primates, and rodents.ILAR journal · 2012Article
- Maternal educational level, parental preventive behavior, risk behavior, social support and medical care consumption in 8-month-old children in Malmö, Sweden.BMC public health · 2011Article
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Abstract
backgroundRising rates of obesity and overweight is an increasing public health problem all over the world. Recent research has shown the importance of early life factors in the development of child overweight. However, to the best of our knowledge there are no studies investigating the potential synergistic effect of early life factors and presence of parental overweight on the development of child overweight.
methodsThe study was population-based and cross-sectional. The study population consisted of children who visited the Child Health Care (CHC) centers in Malmö for their 4-year health check during 2003-2008 and whose parents answered a self-administered questionnaire (n = 9009 children).
resultsThe results showed that having overweight/obese parents was strongly associated with the child being overweight or obese. Furthermore, there was an association between unfavorable early life factors (i.e., mother smoking during pregnancy, presence of secondhand tobacco smoke early in life, high birth weight) and the development of child overweight/obesity at four years of age, while breastfeeding seemed to have a protective role. For example, maternal smoking during pregnancy was associated with an odds ratio (OR) of 1.47 (95% CI: 1.22, 1.76) for overweight and 2.31 (95% CI: 1.68, 3.17) for obesity. The results further showed synergistic effects between parental overweight and exposure to unfavourable early life factors in the development of child overweight.
conclusionsThe present study shows the importance of early life factors in the development of child overweight and obesity, and thus puts focus on the importance of early targeted interventions.
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