Body Mass Index Trajectories From Childhood to Adulthood and Age at Onset of Overweight and Obesity: The Influence of Parents' Weight Status.

ABSTRACT: We investigated the influence of parents' weight status on their children's growth trajectories and its association with age at onset of overweight and obesity. We used 16,396 height and weight records from 3,284 youths from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, followed across childhood into adulthood (United States, 1997-2017). Across age groups, we modeled body mass index trajectories (ages 5-32 years) according to parents' weight status, using mixed-effect models to estimate age at onset of overweight and obesity and proportion with obesity from childhood to adulthood. There were large differences in growth patterns according to parents' weight status: Children of parents with obesity had, on average, overweight at age 6 (95% confidence interval (CI): 5, 7) and steep growth trajectories

SUBMITTER: Nielsen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10144718 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature