Age-Specific Estimates and Comparisons of Youth Tri-Ponderal Mass Index and Body Mass Index in Predicting Adult Obesity-Related Outcomes

Overweight and obesity are important determinants of health leading to adverse metabolic changes and increase the risk of non-communicable diseases. Following the increase in adult obesity, the proportion of overweight and obese children and adolescents has also been increasing. Erroneous life style and food habits are mainly responsible for rising graph of obesity. Hence, the present study was undertaken to study the magnitude of overweight/obesity and its correlates among school-age children ranging from 5-15 years, on the basis of 85th and 95th percentile of body mass index (BMI). Result showed the prevalence of overweight and obesity as 10.33% and 3.33%, respectively. Among number of other correlates related with life style, Kapha predominant Prakriti evolved as an important predictor of obesity. Data of this study clearly delineates that obesity is an increasing malady in rural and semi urban populations also on the pattern of metro cities.

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Social Factors in Childhood and Adulthood Associated with Adult Obesity in African American and White Women

ISRN Public Health ◽

10.5402/2012/931854 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 2012 ◽

pp. 1-10 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Milda R. Saunders ◽

Kalycia Trishana Watson ◽

Hyo Jung Tak

Keyword(s):

Body Mass Index ◽

At Risk ◽

Logistic Regression ◽

African American ◽

Body Mass ◽

Social Factors ◽

White Women ◽

Adult Obesity ◽

Longitudinal Cohort ◽

Neighborhood Poverty

Background. Few studies have examined how individual and neighborhood poverty in childhood and adulthood influence the likelihood of adult obesity. We used a longitudinal cohort to examine these associations. Methods. Our cohort consisted of children born in Baltimore, MD, USA with followup as adults from ages 27 to 33. We used logistic regression to examine the multivariate association between individual and neighborhood poverty in childhood and adulthood and adult obesity, (body mass index ), based on self-reported height and weight. Results. Of the 986 female respondents, 82% were African American and 18% were White. Both groups had similar rates of adulthood obesity (African American 25% versus Whites 26% , ), and similar rates of poverty as children and adults. There was no statistically significant association between individual or neighborhood poverty during childhood and the likelihood of adult obesity. Adults at risk for overweight or overweight as children had significantly greater odds of adult obesity (OR 2.8 and 12.1, resp.). Conclusion. In this sample of women with high rates of childhood and adulthood poverty, obesity rates were high. Childhood risk for overweight and overweight were strongly associated with adult obesity. Individual and neighborhood poverty in childhood were not independently associated with adulthood obesity.

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Variability and rapid increase in body mass index during childhood are associated with adult obesity

International Journal of Epidemiology ◽

10.1093/ije/dyv202 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 44 (6) ◽

pp. 1943-1950 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Shengxu Li ◽

Wei Chen ◽

Dianjianyi Sun ◽

Camilo Fernandez ◽

Jian Li ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Body Mass Index ◽

Body Mass ◽

Adult Obesity

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A Common Variant in the FTO Gene Is Associated with Body Mass Index and Predisposes to Childhood and Adult Obesity

Science ◽

10.1126/science.1141634 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 316 (5826) ◽

pp. 889-894 ◽

Cited By ~ 2722

Author(s):

T. M. Frayling ◽

N. J. Timpson ◽

M. N. Weedon ◽

E. Zeggini ◽

R. M. Freathy ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Body Mass Index ◽

Body Mass ◽

Common Variant ◽

Adult Obesity ◽

Fto Gene

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of A common variant in the FTO gene is associated with body mass index and predisposes to childhood and adult obesity.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.1085758.541834 ◽

2007 ◽

Author(s):

Ulf Pettersson

Keyword(s):

Body Mass Index ◽

Body Mass ◽

Common Variant ◽

Adult Obesity ◽

Fto Gene

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Birth Weight and Adult Obesity Index in Relation to the Risk of Hypertension: A Prospective Cohort Study in the UK Biobank

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine ◽

10.3389/fcvm.2021.637437 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 ◽

Author(s):

Yi Zhang ◽

Jingjia Liang ◽

Qian Liu ◽

Xikang Fan ◽

Cheng Xu ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Body Mass Index ◽

Birth Weight ◽

Body Mass ◽

Sensitivity Analyses ◽

Inverse Association ◽

Uk Biobank ◽

Adult Obesity ◽

Lower Birth Weight ◽

Obesity Index ◽

The Uk

Objectives: To investigate the association between birth weight and the risk of hypertension, and to examine the interaction between birth weight and the adult obesity index.Methods: We included 199,893 participants who had birth weight data and no history of hypertension at baseline (2006–2010) from the UK Biobank. A multivariate cubic regression spline was used to visually explore the dose-response relationship. Multivariate Cox proportional hazard regression models were used to calculate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs).Results: We observed a nonlinear inverse association between birth weight and hypertension. The risk for hypertension decreased as birth weight increased up to approximately 3.80 kg. Compared with the participants with the fourth quintile of birth weight (3.43–3.80 kg), those with the first quartile of birth weight (<2.88 kg) were associated with a 25% higher risk of hypertension [HR 1.25; 95% CI (1.18–1.32)]. In addition, the participants with birth weight <2.88 kg and body mass index ≥30 kg/m2 had the highest risk [HR 3.54; 95% CI (3.16–3.97); p for interaction <0.0001], as compared with those with birth weight between 3.43–3.80 kg and body mass index between 18.5–25.0 kg/m2. These associations were largely consistent in the stratified and sensitivity analyses.Conclusion: Our findings indicate that lower birth weight is nonlinearly correlated with higher risk of hypertension, and birth weight between 3.43–3.80 kg might represent an intervention threshold. Moreover, lower birth weight may interact with adult obesity to significantly increase hypertension risk.

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