Sociodemographic and early-life predictors of being overweight or obese in a middle-aged UK population- A retrospective cohort study of the 1958 National Child Development Survey participants.

ABSTRACT: Obesity has become a global public health concern. However, its precise origins and causation are still hotly debated, especially the relative importance of individual-level genetics and behaviours, as opposed to obesogenic environmental factors. Our key objective is to quantify the impact of sociodemographic and early-life course predictors of being overweight or obese at 16, being overweight/obese/severely obese42 years of age, and on the incidence of a status of being overweight/obese/severely obese between 16 and 42 years of age, spanning the years before and after marked increases in obesity prevalence in the UK. We used data collected from participants and their mothers from the 1958 National Child Development Survey. The outcomes of interest were being overweight (defined as [Formul

SUBMITTER: Nightingale G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11940735 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature