Parent-child resemblance in BMI and obesity status and its correlates in China.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Examine mother-son, mother-daughter, father-son and father-daughter resemblance in weight status, and potential modifying effects of socio-demographic and childcare characteristics.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

School.

Participants

1973 school-age children and their parents from five mega-cities across China in 2017.

Results

Pearson correlation coefficients (r) for BMI of father-son, father-daughter, mother-son and mother-daughter pairs were 0·16, 0·24, 0·26 and 0·24, respectively, while their weighted kappa coefficients (k) were 0·09, 0·14, 0·04 and 0·15, respectively. Children aged 6-9 years (r ranged from 0·30 to 0·35) had larger BMI correlation with their parents than their counterparts aged 10-14 years or 15-17 years (r ranged fro

SUBMITTER: Ma L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10195341 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature