Association of early menarche age and overweight/obesity

Bralić, Irena; Tahirović, Husref; Matanić, Dubravka; Vrdoljak, Ozren; Stojanović-Špehar, Stanislava; Kovacic,; Blažeković-Milaković, Sanja

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“…12,28,29,10,9 In the present study, the odds of the children to be overweight/ obese are 2.49 (1.69-3.66) when father is also overweight/ obese. This was in concordance with studies conducted by Ochoa MC et al and Shafaghi K et al 18,8 Higher odds ratio when the body mass index of the father was associated with body mass index of the children were found in the studies conducted by Shahin K et al, Zurrigga O et al and Bralic et al 9,28,12 When the body mass index of mothers was associated with body mass index of the children the odds ratio was found to be 2.90 (1.98-4.25). Similar results were inferred by Shahin K et al and Bralic et al who conducted a cross sectional study in Iran and Croatia respectively.…”

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“…Similar results were inferred by Shahin K et al and Bralic et al who conducted a cross sectional study in Iran and Croatia respectively. 9,12 Higher odds ratio were reported by studies conducted by Ochoa MC et al and Zurrigga O et al 18,28 Study conducted by Shafaghi K et al did not find any significant association between mother's body mass index and body mass index of the children. 8 In the present study, the odds of the children being overweight/obese averaged to 3.00 (1.93-4.68) when both of the parents were overweight/obese.…”

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“…7 Various studies have been conducted across the world to find the association between the parental obesity and the obesity in their children. [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] But, there exists paucity of data of research in India. Further, the cut off for body mass index in adults used in studies outside India will not be generalizable to our country profile.…”

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Parental obesity influence on body mass index of children: a cross sectional study

Patil¹,

Thakre²,

Thakre³

et al. 2017

Int J Contemp Pediatr

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Background: Childhood obesity is a serious public health concern in both developed and developing countries. The children share food habits, physical activity habits etc. with their parents either in term of genetic or environmental influences, which affects the body mass index of the children. The objective of this study was to study the association of parental overweight/obesity with overweight/obesity in the children.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a government aided school in Nagpur during January 2016 to April 2016. Data was collected by a self-administered questionnaire which had information regarding the socio demographic characteristics like age, sex, socio economic status etc. Anthropometric measurements like height and weight of the children and their parents were measured. Necessary permissions were sought before the start of the study.Results: We found a significant association (p<0.01) between the obesity and overweight status of father and mother with the body mass index of their children with an odds ratio of 2.49 (1.69 to 3.66) and 2.90 (1.98 to 4.25) respectively. If both the parents are overweight/obese then the odds of their being overweight/obese is 3.00 (1.93-4.68). If either of parents is overweight/ obese, then the odds ratio is 3.10 (2.12-4.54).Conclusions: Stronger and significant associations were found between the overweight and obesity of the parents and their children. A significantly positive correlation was found between the body mass index of parents and body mass index of their children.

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Parental obesity influence on body mass index of children: a cross sectional study

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“…This difference might be due to different design, criteria, operational definition, and difference in obesity prevalence. 19 Additionally, Robert et al 20 in Chicago, Illinois also stated that menarche shows significantly a tendency to occur in preteen girls with an elevated BMI which is related to the increasing level of leptin. Based on a study by Apter 9 in female adolescence, leptin shows a correlation with body weight and puberty.…”

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Correlation between Body Mass Index and Age at Menarche

Putri

Sofiatin

Fadil³

et al. 2015

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Background: The decline of age at menarche has been reported in several countries, it occurred because of genetic, ethnic, and socioeconomic improvement in nutritional status and environment. The improvement of nutritional status has occurred globally all over the world including in Indonesia. One of the measuring tools in nutritional status is body mass index (BMI). The objective of the study was to assess the correlation between BMI and age at menarche. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out among girls aged 9-15 years old in Jatinangor, from May-November 2013. The sample of this study was chosen with cluster random sampling. Age at menarche information was collected through a questionnaire. Body mass index was calculated from measurement of body weight and height. Data was analyzed using Spearman correlation test. Results: Out of three hundred and sixty nine subjects participating in this study, sixty seven were included in the inclusive criteria. According to the classification of BMI of underweight, normal, overweight, and obese, there were 1, 55, 8, and 3 persons, respectively. Mean of BMI was 19.04 and mean age at menarche was 12.72 years, which showed a non significant result (r=-0.013; p= 0.458). Conclusions: Age at menarche was not correlated with BMI. [AMJ.2015;2(4):

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“…[4][5][6][7] Obese parents have a higher risk of having obese children as they provide both genetic and eating environment and the interaction of these influences the familial patterns of adiposity. [8][9][10] Teenage children are particularly vulnerable to the external environmental factors due to their new found independence, peer pressure influence and exposure to the wide variety of media.…”

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Sociodemographic and dietary factors influencing overweight and obesity in school going children aged 10 to 15 years: a cross sectional community based study

Amarnath¹,

Shilpa

Ugargol

et al. 2017

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Childhood obesity as a rampant public health problem as it is affecting both developed and developing countries. Understanding the trends in obesity prevalence among children, contributing factors and developing strategies for successful interventions is the need of the hour. Hence the present study was aimed at understanding the implication of dietary and socio-demographic factors influencing overweight and obesity among 10-15 year old school children.Methods: The study was a cross sectional study, undertaken in eight private schools of Belgaum City, Karnataka from January 2010 to December 2010. School children of sixth to tenth standard aged between 10 to 15 years were included. Children were interviewed by the investigator. Examination was carried out which included general physical examination, measurement of height, weight, waist circumference, hip circumference, blood pressure and other vital signs. Overweight and obesity were defined basing on Based on WHO and International obesity task force (IOTF) BMI cut-off standards for Asia and India.Results: A total of 600 children were included of which 52.33% were males. Majority of the study subjects belonged to socio economic class I and II. About 65.67% of students belonged to nuclear family. The prevalence of overweight and obesity was 18.83% in study population. Out of this overweight contributed 11.33% and obesity contributed 7.5%.The odds of overweight and obesity was higher in females (OR=1.19), In children aged 13 years (OR=3.21), in children belonging to Sikh community (OR=6.26) and in children with socio economic class II (OR=1.65). Children from joint family (OR=0.70) and third generation family (OR=0.29) had lower odds of overweight and obesity compared to children from nuclear families. Daily consumption of snacks between meals (OR=2.42), sweets (OR=1.985), ice-cream (OR=1.667), fast foods (OR=3.062) and beverages (OR=4.80) were strongly associated with increased risk of overweight and obesity in study population. Daily consumption of fruits (OR=0.095) and vegetables (OR=0.166) and pulses (OR=0.690) was associated with reduced risk of overweight and obesity in study population (Table 4).Conclusions: Overall the study findings reveal that children had a relatively higher prevalence of overweight and obesity. Regular intake of fast foods, beverages, snacks between the meals and ice creams was associated with higher risk of obesity in study population. Regular consumption of fruits, vegetables and pulses had strong negative association with overweight and obesity in study population.

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Association of early menarche age and overweight/obesity

Abstract: Girls who experienced early menarche are significantly more often overweight/obese. Overweight/obesity may be considered as one of the predictors for the early occurrence of menarche.

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