Impact of unhealthy childhood and unfavorable parents' characteristics on adiposity in schoolchildren
Autor: | Roberto Baratta, Luana Catena Romeo, Cristina Parrino, Nadia La Spina, Francesca Roppolo, Lucia Frittitta, Andrea Tumminia, Federica Vinciguerra, Laura Sciacca, Riccardo Vigneri |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Parents Pediatric Obesity Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Health Behavior Carbonated Beverages 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Overweight Body Mass Index Cohort Studies 0302 clinical medicine Endocrinology Risk Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Prevalence Child Sicily Adiposity Waist-to-height ratio unhealthy habits Anthropometry Prognosis Female parental risk factors medicine.symptom Waist Circumference childhood obesity Waist Adolescent 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Childhood obesity 03 medical and health sciences Screen time Internal Medicine medicine Humans Exercise business.industry Odds ratio medicine.disease Obesity Diet Cross-Sectional Studies Socioeconomic Factors business Body mass index Demography Follow-Up Studies |
Zdroj: | Diabetes/metabolism research and reviewsREFERENCES. 35(8) |
ISSN: | 1520-7560 |
Popis: | BACKGROUND Childhood obesity is encouraged by low physical activity (PA), time spent using screens (screen time, ST), and by sugar-sweetened beverage consumption (SSBc). It is also influenced by unfavorable parents' characteristics, such as a high body mass index (BMI) and low education level (EL). Our aim was to evaluate the overall and specific influence of these factors on childhood adiposity. MATERIAL AND METHODS Anthropometric parameters including BMI z-score, waist circumference (WC), waist to height ratio (WtHR), and fat mass were measured in a cohort of 1702 schoolchildren (6.0-14.5 years, mean 10.7 ± 1.8) and questionnaires concerning children's PA, ST, and SSBc, and parent's BMI and EL were administered to parents. RESULTS Overweight/obesity prevalence was higher (P |
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