ArticleNutrients2021
Exposure to the Great Famine in Early Life and the Risk of Obesity in Adulthood: A Report Based on the China Health and Nutrition Survey.
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- Association of famine exposure in early life with the risk of mortality in later life among Chinese population: a prospective cohort study.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2026Article
- Early-life nutritional deprivation and multimorbidity in middle- aged and older adults: a longitudinal exploratory mediation analysis of biological aging.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- From famine to NAFLD: long-term association between fetal famine exposure and adult non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Does income have a non-linear impact on residents' BMI? Re-examining the obesity Kuznets curve.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Consistency between the geographic distributions of overweight and obesity among children and adults in China.BMC public health · 2025Article
- In utero and childhood exposure to the great Chinese famine and risk of aging in adulthood.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Perinatal Famine Exposure and Young-Onset Cancer-Lessons from China Health and Nutrition Survey.Cancers · 2024Article
- Famine exposure in early life increases risk of cataracts in elderly stage.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Long-term effects of child nutritional status on the accumulation of health human capital.SSM - population health · 2023Article
- Association of early-life famine exposure with low bone mass in adulthood.Archives of osteoporosis · 2023Article
- Exposure to Chinese Famine during Early Life Increases the Risk of Fracture during Adulthood.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Chinese famine exposure in early life and metabolic obesity phenotype in middle age: Results from the China health and retirement longitudinal study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Article
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- Association of Perinatal Factors With Severe Obesity and Dyslipidemia in Adulthood.Journal of primary care & community healthArticle
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Abstract
Intrauterine malnutrition has a long-term effect on human health. This study aimed to evaluate the associations between exposure to famine in early life and obesity in adulthood in Chinese adults. A total of 5033 participants (22,132 observations) of the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) in 1991-2015 were classified into three famine exposure groups according to their birth year: unexposed (1963-1966), fetal-exposed (1959-1962) and childhood-exposed (1955-1958). Compared with the unexposed group, the fetal-exposed group had higher levels of body-mass-index (BMI) and waist-circumference (WC), and higher prevalence of overweight and central obesity, whereas the childhood-exposed group had lower levels of the measurements. However, the positive associations of fetal exposure with BMI, WC and prevalence of overweight and central obesity were attenuated by additionally adjusting for age at survey. Stratified analysis showed that the adverse effect of fetal exposure to famine was only observed in subjects at several specific age-groups, and in men living in rural areas and in women living in more severe famine exposed areas (
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