Parental and offspring adiposity associations: Insights from the 1958 British birth cohort

Power, Chris; Pouliou, Theodora; Li, Leah; Cooper, Rachel; Hyppönen, Elina

doi:10.3109/03014460.2011.591827

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“…Women who selected that their child resembled an image of a larger body size had higher BMIs than those who selected a smaller body size. These findings agree with previous reports regarding parental BMI and child's weight status [25,26]. In addition to the relationship between mother's BMI and child's body shape, we explored additional variables that may influence child's weight status.…”

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confidence: 79%

Associations between Mother’s BMI, Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Availability, and Child’s Body Shape as Reported by Women Responding to an Annual Survey

Dow¹,

Wertheim²,

Pivonka³

et al. 2012

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Previous evidence indicates that a child's body mass index (BMI) and eating behaviors are often related to the BMI and eating behaviors of his/her parents. Additionally, there is evidence suggesting that fruit and vegetable intake may impart weight control benefits. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between mother's BMI and the intake/availability of fruits and vegetables in the home, as well as mother's perceived body shape of her child. This is a cross sectional, descriptive analysis of results from a large internet-based survey of Generation X and Y mothers evaluating the role of fruit and vegetable consumption and health behaviors in US families. Mothers (n = 1469) with children under the age of 18 living in the home reported her BMI, her fruit and vegetable intake, and fruit and vegetable availability in the home. Additionally, mothers with children between the ages of 2 and 12 (n = 1177) reported her child's body shape (using graduated images of children ranging from the 3rd -97th percentiles of BMI). Mother's BMI was not related to fruit or vegetable intake, though it was inversely related to fruit, but not vegetable, availability in the home. Mother's BMI was also positively related to child's body shape, and mother's fruit, but not vegetable, intake was inversely related to child's body shape. Our findings support a potential role for fruit availability promoting healthy BMI in mothers and/or healthier body shape in their children.

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confidence: 79%

Associations between Mother’s BMI, Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Availability, and Child’s Body Shape as Reported by Women Responding to an Annual Survey

Dow¹,

Wertheim²,

Pivonka³

et al. 2012

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“…Intergenerational associations for adiposity are well established; offspring of obese parents have an elevated risk of overweight/obesity. Lifestyle and sociodemographic factors for offspring did not explain parent-offspring BMI associations; however, Power et al (85) have shown variations in the intergenerational association over successive generations and also by social class, which suggests that intergenerational transmission of adiposity at a population level is not immutable. Intergenerational transmission of adiposity may be due in part to greater nutrient transfer from obese mothers to the fetus, leading to permanent changes in appetite, metabolism, and other functions, as envisaged by the fetal origins hypothesis.…”

Section: Lifetime Growth Trajectories and Adult Diseasementioning

confidence: 80%

From Developmental Origins of Adult Disease to Life Course Research on Adult Disease and Aging: Insights from Birth Cohort Studies

Power

Kuh

Morton

2013

Annu. Rev. Public Health

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Maturation of long-running birth cohort studies has fostered a life course approach to adult health, function, and disease and related to conceptual frameworks. Using broad concepts of human development including physical, cognitive, and emotional function, birth cohorts provide insights into the processes across the life course and between generations that link to adult outcomes. We discuss findings on the determinants and health consequences of lifetime trajectories of body size, cognitive and emotional function, and socioeconomic position. Findings from the studies suggest that, for some adult health outcomes, explanations will be incomplete unless exposures and processes from across the life course are taken into account. New birth cohort studies are poised to delineate further the nature and timing of life course relationships in contemporary generations of children.

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“…Parental weight has been shown to be a strong determinant of the adult offspring weight through pre-natal programming, genetic predisposition and shared environmental factors such as diet and physical activity [27][28][29][30]. A series of studies examining parentoffspring BMI associations within a 1958 British birth cohort reported that they (1) were maintained from child to mid-adulthood; (2) had strengthened over two generations; and (3) varied by socioeconomic origins rather than the lifestyle and socioeconomic position of adult offspring.…”

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Parental Midlife Body Shape Influences Offspring Self-Perception of Weight in a Cohort of Australian Adults

Jf¹,

Cr²,

Taylor³

2016

Journal of Obesity and Overweight

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Self-perception and measures of body weight and central adiposity are key indicators of a population's attitude and level of concern regarding obesity. Parental weight has been shown to be a strong determinant of adult offspring weight. This study initially investigates the association between self-perception, and measured body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC), and characterised this association by perception type (pessimist, optimist and realist). We then examined the link between (mis) perception with midlife parental body shape, which may assist with targeted interventions for those misperceiving their weight. Data from a telephone survey (2007) and two biomedical stages (2004-06 and 2008-10) of the North West Adelaide Health Study (n=2710), a longitudinal cohort of Australian adults. The study included offspring measured BMI and WC and midlife parental body shape recalled from pictograms. Over half of participants misperceived their weight status, with heavier males more likely than females to underestimate their weight and females more likely to correctly estimate or overestimate their weight. Among males, higher maternal weight was associated with a greater risk of offspring being pessimistic about their weight than being an underweight/normal weight realist (BMI RR 2.03, 95% CI 1.01-4.07, p=0.046). Having an overweight mother was also associated with increased risk of both male and female offspring being obese optimists (BMI males RR 1.80, 95% CI 1.14-2.84, p=0.011/females RR 1.77, 95% CI 1.16-2.68, p=0.008; WC males RR 1.95, 95% CI 1.30-2.92, p=0.001/females RR 1.58, 95% CI 1.09-2.28, p=0.015). Higher paternal weight was also associated with being an obese realist for females (BMI RR 1.80, 95% CI 1.15-2.83, p=0.011; WC RR 1.95, 95% CI 1.23-3.09, p=0.004) but not males. Our findings suggest that having an obese parent, particularly an obese mother, may contribute to adult offspring's misperception of their weight.

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Parental and offspring adiposity associations: Insights from the 1958 British birth cohort

Abstract: Parent-offspring associations in BMI were not explained by offspring lifestyles, but varied over successive generations and by social class, suggesting that intergenerational transmission of adiposity at a population level is modifiable rather than immutable.

Cited by 34 publications

References 47 publications

Associations between Mother’s BMI, Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Availability, and Child’s Body Shape as Reported by Women Responding to an Annual Survey

Associations between Mother’s BMI, Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Availability, and Child’s Body Shape as Reported by Women Responding to an Annual Survey

From Developmental Origins of Adult Disease to Life Course Research on Adult Disease and Aging: Insights from Birth Cohort Studies

Parental Midlife Body Shape Influences Offspring Self-Perception of Weight in a Cohort of Australian Adults

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