40-Year Follow-Up of Overweight Children

Mossberg, Hans-Olof

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(89)92098-9

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“…However, if the latter persists in adulthood, it will be reflected by higher morbidity and mortality. It has been suggested that increased weight during adolescence persists in adulthood in 80% of the cases (Mossberg, 1989). Heavy adolescents are more likely to die at the 40th year of followup and to develop cardiovascular disease than their normal weight counterparts.…”

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Body mass index, overweight and obesity among Kuwaiti intermediate school adolescents aged 10–14 years

2004

Eur J Clin Nutr

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Objectives: The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to assess the levels of overweight and obesity among Kuwaiti intermediate school adolescents aged 10-14 y. The study comprised a multistage stratified random sample of 14659 adolescents (7205 males and 7454 females), which constitutes approximately 17% of the target population of this school level. Methods: Weights and heights of the adolescents were measured, from which the body mass index (BMI), which is the weight in kilograms divided by the height in meters squared (kg/m 2 ), was calculated. Overweight and obesity were defined as BMI 485th and 495th centiles, respectively, of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) reference data. Results: The overall prevalence of overweight and obesity among males were 30.0 and 14.7%, respectively (Po0.001). The overall prevalence of overweight and obesity among females were 31.8 and 13.1%, respectively (Po0.001 and Po0.01). There was no consistent rise or decline in overweight and obesity in both genders with respect to age. However, the overall prevalence of overweight was lower in males than in females but obesity was higher in males than in females. Conclusion: When compared to the NCHS reference population, the BMI of Kuwaiti adolescents exceeded that of the Americans in each centile category Z50th centile. Health education programmes should be instituted to control this syndrome in order to prevent future risk of obesity-related diseases.

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Body mass index, overweight and obesity among Kuwaiti intermediate school adolescents aged 10–14 years

2004

Eur J Clin Nutr

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“…Studies have demonstrated that the presence of obesity in adolescence persists until adult life in 80% of the cases. 31 In a study developed by Di Pietro et al it was revealed that subjects who died by the 40th year of follow-up and those reporting cardiovascular disease were signi®cantly heavier at puberty and in adulthood than were healthier subjects. There was a marked increase in the BMI between postpuberty and age 25 among those who subsequently died, those who developed cardiovascular disease, and particularly among those who developed diabetes.…”

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Overweight and obesity in Brazilian adolescents

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and 3 Fundac Ëa Äo Seade, Brazil OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to describe the prevalence of overweight and obesity (OW O) among Brazilian adolescents and to identify risks for subpopulations de®ned according to the ®ve country macro-regions and situation (urban±rural) of the domiciles, income, years of school attendance, age and sex. DESIGN: A nationwide home-based survey representative of the Brazilian civilian noninstitutionalized population, performed in 1989. METHODS: The sampling plans followed a strati®ed, multistage, probability cluster design in The National Research of Health and Nutrition sample, which collected anthropometric data of 14,455 domiciles. In all, 13,715 adolescents ranging from 10 to 19 y of age were studied. The OW O was de®ned from a body mass index (BMI) equal or superior to the 85th percentile of the reference population of the NCHS. The prevalences in the different studied groups were compared using the adjusted odds ratio in logistic regression models. RESULTS: The prevalence of OW O was of 7.7%, reaching 10.6% within the female group and 4.8% within the male group. A direct relation could be established between the socioeconomic level and OW O. Adolescents of the most industrialized region of the country presented a risk of OW O 1.86 (95% CI 1.51 ± 2.30) times higher than that found in the least developed region. Male youngsters who lived in urban areas were more liable (OR 1.71, 95% CI 1.30 ± 2.25) to overweight than their counterparts of rural areas. The occurrence of menarche increased two and a half times (OR 2.58, 95% CI 2.11 ± 3.15) the risk of OW O within the female group of adolescents. CONCLUSIONS: The results demonstrate a low prevalence of OW O among Brazilian adolescents when compared with adolescents of more industrialized regions. The OW O is twice as high within the female group, which represents a much greater difference than the one encountered in industrialized countries, probably owing to the muscular work carried out preponderantly by male adolescents of lower socioeconomic levels. Higher prevalences in subpopulations of higher socioeconomic level and of more industrialized regions show the great need for differentiated actions to control overweight and obesity in the country.

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“…As the global obesity epidemic continues to pose a major public health challenge, it has become increasingly important to understand how risk for adult chronic disease is transmitted across generations and through the life course of individuals (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11) . In the present paper, we will review briefly recent evidence, with particular reference to the Lifeways cross-generation cohort study in the Republic of Ireland.…”

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Longitudinal follow-up of the relationship between dietary intake and growth and development in the Lifeways cross-generation cohort study 2001–2013

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In this paper we will review evidence on the early life and familial influences on childhood growth and development, with particular reference to the Lifeways cross-generation cohort study in the Republic of Ireland. The Lifeways cross-generation cohort study was established in 2001–2013 through two maternity hospitals in the Republic of Ireland and was one of many new cohort studies established worldwide in the millennium period. Mothers were recruited at first booking visit, completing a self-administered questionnaire, which included a 147 item semi-quantitative FFQ. Longitudinal follow-up is ongoing in 2013, with linkage data to hospital and general practice records and examination of children when aged 5 and 9 years. The study is one of very few containing data on grandparents of both lineages with at least one grandparent recruited at baseline. There have been consistent associations between parental and grandparental health status characteristics and children's outcomes, including infant birth-weight, BMI when child was aged 5 years and childhood wheeze or asthma when child was aged 3 and aged 5 years. In conclusion, empirical evidence to date shows consistent familial and cross-generational patterns, particularly in the maternal line.

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40-Year Follow-Up of Overweight Children

Cited by 419 publications

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Body mass index, overweight and obesity among Kuwaiti intermediate school adolescents aged 10–14 years

Body mass index, overweight and obesity among Kuwaiti intermediate school adolescents aged 10–14 years

Overweight and obesity in Brazilian adolescents

Longitudinal follow-up of the relationship between dietary intake and growth and development in the Lifeways cross-generation cohort study 2001–2013

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