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ArticleObesity science & practice2016

The association between parental separation during childhood and obesity in adulthood: a Danish twin study.

J D Petersen, K O Kyvik, B L Heitmann, M E Vámosi

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Article in Obesity science & practice, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

J D PetersenResearch Unit for General Practice, Department of Public Health University of Southern Denmark Odense C Denmark; Research Unit for Dietary Studies at the Parker Institute Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital Copenhagen Denmark.
K O KyvikDepartment of Clinical Research University of Southern Denmark Odense Denmark; Odense Patient Data Explorative Network Odense University Hospital Odense Denmark; The Danish Twin Registry, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Biodemography, Institute of Public Health University of Southern Denmark Odense Denmark.
B L HeitmannResearch Unit for Dietary Studies at the Parker Institute Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital Copenhagen Denmark; The Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition Exercise and Eating Disorders University of Sydney Australia; The National Institute of Public Health University of Southern Denmark Denmark; Department of Public Health, Section for General Practice University of Copenhagen Denmark.
M E VámosiInstitute of Public Health, Department of Nursing Science University of Aarhus Denmark.
Aarhus University · DKIP Australia · AUOdense University Hospital · DKUniversity of Southern Denmark · DK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe purpose of this study was to examine if parental separation during childhood is associated with obesity in adulthood.

methodsA co-twin case-control study of 146 adult same-sexed twin pairs with discordant body mass index (BMI) (i.e. one of the twins should have a BMI of 20-25 kg/m

resultsThere were no differences in the odds of developing obesity in adulthood between the twin who stayed with a father and the co-twin who was separated from him for at least 1 year prior to age 17 [OR = 1.22, 95%CI (0.46-3.34),

conclusionsBecause of the limited number of discordant twin pairs for childhood parental separation, we cannot provide evidence to suggest that separation from parents in childhood was associated with developing obesity in adulthood. Further studies of pooling discordant twins from several countries should be considered.

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Adulthoodchildhoodepidemiologyobesityparental separation

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