Parent-Offspring Associations in Body Composition: Findings From the Southampton Women's Survey Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Children born to parents who are overweight or obese have a high risk of adult obesity, but it is unclear if transgenerational associations relating to unfavorable body composition differ by parent.

Objective

To examine differential mother-offspring and father-offspring associations in body composition in early childhood.

Methods

A total of 240 mother-father-offspring trios from a prospective UK population-based pre-birth cohort (Southampton Women's Survey) were included for anthropometry and dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry assessment of whole-body-less-head body composition in the offspring at 3 different ages (4, 6-7, and 8-9 years) and in the mother and father at the 8- to 9-year offspring visit. Associations were assessed using linear regression adjusting

SUBMITTER: Moon RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10438875 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature