scholarly journals Body mass index, prudent diet score and social class across three generations: evidence from the Hertfordshire Intergenerational Study

2021 ◽  
pp. bmjnph-2020-000178
Author(s):  
Sarah Carter ◽  
Camille Parsons ◽  
Kate Ward ◽  
Michael Clynes ◽  
Elaine M Dennison ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Three Generations ◽  
Intergenerational Study ◽  
Class B ◽  
Child Bmi ◽  
Prudent Diet ◽  
Diet Score ◽  
Linear Regressions

BackgroundStudies describing body mass index (BMI) and prudent diet score have reported that they are associated between parents and children. The Hertfordshire Intergenerational Study, which contains BMI, diet and social class information across three generations, provides an opportunity to consider the influence of grandparental and parental BMI and prudent diet score across multiple generations, and the influence of grandparental and parental social class on child BMI.MethodsLinear regressions examining the tracking of adult BMI and prudent diet score across three generations (grandparent (F0), parent (F1) and child (F2)) were run from parent to child and from grandparent to grandchild. Linear mixed models investigated the influence of F0 and F1 BMI or prudent diet score on F2 BMI and prudent diet score. Linear regressions were run to determine whether social class and prudent diet score of parents and grandparents influenced the BMI of children and grandchildren.ResultsBMI was significantly associated across each generational pair and from F0 to F1 in multilevel models. Prudent diet score was significantly positively associated between grandparents and grandchildren. Lower grandparental and parental social class had a significantly positive association with F2 BMI (F0 low social class: b=1.188 kg/m2, 95% CI 0.060 to 2.315, p=0.039; F1 middle social class: b=2.477 kg/m2, 95% CI 0.726 to 4.227, p=0.006).ConclusionAdult BMI tracks across generations of the Hertfordshire Intergenerational Study, and child BMI is associated with parental and grandparental social class. The results presented here add to literature supporting behavioural and social factors in the transmission of BMI across generations.

Variation in body mass index among Polish adults: Effects of sex, age, birth cohort, and social class

2001 ◽  
Vol 116 (2) ◽  
pp. 166-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tadeusz Bielicki ◽  
Alicja Szklarska ◽  
Zygmunt Welon ◽  
Elzbieta Rogucka
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Birth Cohort ◽  
Body Mass

scholarly journals Stability, Continuity, and Bi-Directional Associations of Parental Feeding Practices and Standardized Child Body Mass Index in Children from 2 to 12 Years of Age

Nutrients ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1751 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janina Eichler ◽  
Ricarda Schmidt ◽  
Tanja Poulain ◽  
Andreas Hiemisch ◽  
Wieland Kiess ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Parental Feeding Practices ◽  
Parental Feeding ◽  
Child Body Mass Index ◽  
Child Bmi

(1) Background: Parental feeding practices are related to child body mass index (BMI, kg/m2) and seem to be a consequence rather than cause of child BMI, but research so far is limited. Stability and continuity of feeding practices, probably explaining changes in food intake and child BMI, remain to be poorly examined. (2) Methods: Feeding practices (i.e., restriction, food as reward, pressure to eat, monitoring) assessed via the Child Feeding Questionnaire, child age, standardized BMI (zBMI), and socio-economic status were measured annually at multiple visits (range 2–8) in a population-based longitudinal cohort study of 1512 parents with their children aged 2 to 12 years. Stability, continuity, and bi-directionality of feeding practices and child zBMI were calculated using correlation coefficients, paired t tests, and cross-lagged panels, respectively. (3) Results: Feeding practices and child zBMI showed moderate to high stability. While continuity was high for restriction, minor temporal changes were observed for other feeding practices and child zBMI. Cross-lags indicated that child zBMI predicted restriction, pressure to eat, and monitoring, while food-rewarding predicted child zBMI only minorly. (4) Conclusions: Parents seem to adapt feeding practices to child zBMI with the exception of food-rewarding.

Breastfeeding, Body Mass Index, Asthma and Atopy in Children

2003 ◽  
Vol 15 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. S15-S17 ◽  
Author(s):  
WH Oddy ◽  
JL Sherriff
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Health Interventions ◽  
Breastfeeding Duration ◽  
Public Health Interventions ◽  
Current Asthma ◽  
Early Introduction ◽  
Child Body Mass Index ◽  
Child Bmi ◽  
The Relationship

The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between breastfeeding, asthma and atopy, and any influence of child body mass index (BMI). Prospective birth cohort data were used to model the association between breastfeeding duration, BMI, asthma and atopy in children at six years. After adjustment for BMI and associated covariates, breastfeeding (per additional month of feeding) was marginally associated with decreased BMI ( p=0.083). BMI was significantly associated with current asthma ( p=<0.0005) and atopy ( p=0.055). Exclusive breastfeeding for less than four months was a risk for current asthma ( p=0.033) and atopy ( p=0.005). The early introduction of formula leads to an increase in child BMI and early asthma and atopy. Increased BMI is a risk factor for childhood asthma and atopy. These findings suggest that public health interventions to optimise breastfeeding duration and reduce overweight in children may help attenuate the community burden of wheezing illness early in life.

Maternal social class, weight and length at birth and body mass index (BMI) in young adulthood

2008 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. A11-A11
Author(s):  
Mz Goldani ◽  
Lsb Haeffner ◽  
H Bettiol ◽  
Ma Barbieri ◽  
Aam Silva
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Young Adulthood ◽  
Class Weight

scholarly journals Maternal depression trajectories and child BMI in a multi-ethnic sample: a latent growth modeling analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte V. Farewell ◽  
Ryley Donohoe ◽  
Zaneta Thayer ◽  
James Paulson ◽  
Jacinda Nicklas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Latent Growth Modeling ◽  
Antenatal Depression ◽  
Latent Growth ◽  
Child Body Mass Index ◽  
Development Outcomes ◽  
Child Bmi ◽  
Over Time

Abstract Background Perinatal (antenatal and postpartum) depression impacts approximately 12% of mothers. Perinatal depression can impact everyday functioning for mothers, and the relationship with, and development of, their children. The purpose of this study was to investigate depression trajectories from the antenatal period through 54-months postpartum and associations with child body mass index at 54-months postpartum. Methods This study applied latent growth modeling to the Growing Up in New Zealand study, which is a longitudinal pregnancy cohort study that provides nationally representative-level data, to investigate associations between depression at three time points (antenatal, 9-months postpartum, 54-months postpartum) and child body mass index at 54-months (n=4897). Results The average slope of depression for this sample is low and decreases over time. When child BMI was added to the model as an outcome variable, both antenatal depression (B=.25, p<.01), and the rate of change of depression across the perinatal and postpartum periods (B=.09, p<.01) were associated with child BMI at 54-months postpartum. After controlling for sociodemographic characteristics, antenatal depression, but not the slope of depression, remained significantly associated with child BMI (B=.05, p<.05). When controlling for maternal pre-pregnancy BMI the effect of antenatal depression on child BMI at 54-months was entirely attenuated (χ2 (9) = 39.60, p < .05, SRMR = 0.01, CFI = .99, RMSEA = 0.03, BIC=53213). Conclusions Our findings align with the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease theory and imply that both the physical and mental health of mothers during pregnancy may be important indicators of child growth and development outcomes. Early intervention directed towards women who have even mild depression scores during pregnancy may promote healthy child development outcomes. Additionally, given the heterogeneity of depressive symptoms over time seen in this study, multiple assessment periods across the postpartum period may be valuable to adequately address and support maternal mental health.

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