The Association Between Body Mass Index in Adolescence and Obesity in Adulthood

Wang, Li Yan; Chyen, David; Lee, Sarah; Lowry, Richard

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.10.010

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“…Eating behaviors and lifestyles established in childhood often track into later life. If a boy is overweight at the age of 16 y, he will have an 80% likelihood of remaining obese as an adult (92% for girls) (34). Thus, effective intervention programs to promote healthy lifestyles among young people (especially among lower SES youth) A B will not only aid in the fight against the youth obesity epidemic but will help prevent other chronic diseases, reduce future health care costs, and pave the way for a healthier nation.…”

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Increasing socioeconomic disparities in adolescent obesity

Frederick

Snellman

Putnam

2014

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Significance Childhood and youth obesity represent significant US public health challenges. Recent findings that the childhood obesity ‘‘epidemic’’ may have slightly abated have been met with relief from health professionals and popular media. However, we document that the overall trend in youth obesity rates masks a significant and growing class gap between youth from upper and lower socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds. Until 2002, obesity rates increased at similar rates for all adolescents, but since then, obesity has begun to decline among higher SES youth but continued to increase among lower SES youth. These results underscore the need to target public health interventions to disadvantaged youth who remain at risk, as well as to examine how health information circulates through class-biased channels.

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Increasing socioeconomic disparities in adolescent obesity

Frederick

Snellman

Putnam

2014

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

266

173

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“…Several literatures have been reported that childhood BMI is predictive of adulthood obesity. 30,31 Siervogel et al 32 also reported that the serial increases in body composition during 18-72 years were higher in overweight subjects than in lean persons. Reasons why body composition could associate with future obesity are uncertain.…”

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Prognostic significance of FTO genotype in the development of obesity in Japanese: the J-SHIPP study

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Objective: Susceptibility of fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) gene polymorphisms to obesity has been reported in various populations. Polymorphisms in the melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) gene were recently explored as another susceptible locus. However, prognostic significance of these genetic variations has not been fully elucidated. Here, we investigated the involvement of FTO rs9939609 and MC4R rs17782313 polymorphisms in the development of obesity. Association with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) was also investigated. Subjects: We analyzed 2806 community-dwelling middle-aged to elderly subjects (61±14 years). Clinical parameters were obtained from the subjects' personal health records, evaluated at their annual medical check-up. Results: FTO genotype was significantly associated with current body mass index (BMI; TT 23.2±3.2, TA 23.7±3.2, AA 24.4 ± 3.2 kg m À2 , P ¼ 2.5 Â 10 À6 ) and frequency of obesity (26.6, 32.0, 43.0% respectively, P ¼ 2.0 Â 10 À4 ). Age-and sexadjusted odds ratio for obesity was 1.30 (P ¼ 0.004) in TA and 2.07 (P ¼ 0.002) in AA genotype. During the 9.4 years comprising the follow-up period, 214 new cases of obesity were diagnosed among 1718 subjects whose retrospective data were available. A allele frequency of the FTO genotype was significantly higher in subjects who developed obesity (22.2, 15.8%, P ¼ 0.001), Age-, sex-and initial BMI-adjusted odds ratio for the development of obesity was 1.46 (95% confidence interval, 1.04-2.04) (P ¼ 0.031). However, association studies and meta-analysis of T2DM did not actively support the involvement of FTO genotype. No significant differences were observed between the MC4R genotype and BMI (P ¼ 0.015), and the frequency of obesity (P ¼ 0.284). Conclusion: FTO genotype is an independent risk factor for future development of obesity.

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“…1 Obesity in childhood tracks into adulthood, and as a consequence leads to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and some cancers. 2,3 Given the significant health risks associated with childhood obesity, providers have started placing more emphasis on addressing this ''epidemic'' on a national level. 4,5 Because of their important relationship with children and parents, providers can play an active role in the prevention, assessment, and treatment of this chronic disease in accordance with the American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines.…”

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Primary Care Providers' Self-Efficacy and Outcome Expectations for Childhood Obesity Counseling

et al. 2013

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Background: Primary care providers have a role in the prevention and management of childhood obesity. We explored the relationship of providers' self-efficacy, outcome expectations, and practice level support with childhood obesity counseling frequency.Methods: Providers (n = 123) completed a survey that assessed their self-efficacy, outcome expectations, and reported obesity counseling frequency. A practice level assessment tool was used to characterize the practices. We analyzed data using frequencies and proportional odds modeling.Results: Providers were confident or very confident (78.5-93.5%) in their ability to counsel about healthy eating, physical activity, and weight and agreed or strongly agreed (64.2-86.2%) that their counseling would result in actual changes. Providers with higher outcome expectations were more likely [odds ratio (OR) = 3.4] to report providing obesity counseling. Female providers were more likely to report counseling about obesity (OR = 2.3) than males. Providers in practices with resources for healthy eating and physical activity reported higher levels of self-efficacy and counseling frequency.Conclusions: In our study, providers were confident in their ability to provide obesity counseling and expected changes from their efforts, suggesting that future studies should build on the high level of outcome expectations as well as self-efficacy. The gender difference found regarding obesity counseling may need further exploration.

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The Association Between Body Mass Index in Adolescence and Obesity in Adulthood

Cited by 109 publications

References 25 publications

Increasing socioeconomic disparities in adolescent obesity

Increasing socioeconomic disparities in adolescent obesity

Prognostic significance of FTO genotype in the development of obesity in Japanese: the J-SHIPP study

Primary Care Providers' Self-Efficacy and Outcome Expectations for Childhood Obesity Counseling

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